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
English Renaissance theatre
English Renaissance theatre, also known as Renaissance English theatre and Elizabethan theatre, refers to the theatre of England between 1558 and 1642.
Nathan Field, who began his acting career as a boy player
Gorboduc TP 1565
Panorama of the interior of the Globe Theatre, London