Curtain Theatre
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The Curtain Theatre was an Elizabethan playhouse located in Hewett Street, Shoreditch, just outside the City of London. It opened in 1577, and continued staging plays until 1624.
1599 print showing what may be the Curtain Theatre, although this could be a depiction of the Theatre, the other Elizabethan theatre in Shoreditch at that time
Museum of London Archaeology excavation, 2016
The Curtain Theatre during excavation
Shakespeare in Love
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Shakespeare in Love is a 1998 romantic comedy period film directed by John Madden, and written by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard. It stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Geoffrey Rush, Colin Firth, Be
Curtain Theatre
…The Stage"; and the two adjacent low-rise office blocks "The Bard" and "The Hewett". A reconstruction of the Curtain Theatre is used in the 1998 film Shakespeare in Love. The theatre is the main setting for the jukebox musical & Juliet, which takes place during the first performance of Romeo and Juliet…
Theatrical release poster
Gwyneth Paltrow By Andrea Raffin 2011
Judi Dench at the BAFT As 2007
Geoffrey Rush Cannes 2011