London Playhouses & Inns Timeline

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1567 – Unknown The Red Lion (The first purpose-built playhouse)
1568 – 1594 Bull Inn
1568 – 1594 Bell Inn
1575 – 1594 Bel Savage Inn
1575 – 1606 St Pauls
1576 – 1594 Newington Butts
1576 – 1590 The (first) Blackfriars
1576 – 1598 The Theatre
1577 – 1625 The Curtain
1578 – 1594 The Cross Keys Inn
1587 – 1604 The Rose Theatre
1595 – 1620 The Swan
1596 – 1642 The (second) Blackfriars
1598 – 1604 The Boar’s Head
1599 – 1613 The (first) Globe
1600 – 1621 The (first) Fortune
1604/5 – 1655 The Red Bull
1607 – 1615 The Whitefriars
1614 – 1620 The Hope/Bear Garden
1614 – 1642 The (second) Globe
1622 – 1642 The (second) Fortune
1613 – 1656 The Hope
1616 – 1642 The Cockpit (Pheonix)
1629 – 1642 The Salisbury Court

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