Blackfriars Theatre was the name given to two separate theatres located in the former Blackfriars Dominican priory in the City of London during the Renaissance. The first theatre began as a venue for the Children of the Chapel Royal, child actors associated with the Queen's chapel choirs, and who from 1576 to 1584 staged plays in the vast hall of the former monastery. The second theatre dates from the purchase of the upper part of the priory and another building by James Burbage in 1596, which included the Parliament Chamber on the upper floor that was converted into the playhouse. The Children of the Chapel played in the theatre beginning in the autumn of 1600 until the King's Men took over in 1608. They successfully used it as their winter playhouse until all the theatres were closed in 1642 when the English Civil War began. In 1666, the entire area was destroyed in the Great Fire of London.
The American Shakespeare Center's Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, Virginia
The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse on Bankside, London, adjoining Shakespeare's Globe
Blackfriars is in central London, specifically the south-west corner of the City of London.
The Black Friar, a public house with a few apartments above has a rare, Flatiron Building shape and is Grade II* listed. It is the narrowest building facing the station's riverside gyratory which is the heart of the modern informal definition.
Apothecaries' Hall in Blackfriars, 1831
Blackfriars is home to many investment banks and financial services companies
