William Shakespeare, Curtain Theatre, and Ben Jonson plaque
William Shakespeare · Playwright
Inscription
“Near this site stood The Curtain Theatre 1577-c.1627 Second English public playhouse Here William Shakespeare acted & plays by Shakespeare and Ben Jonson were performed.”
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1564-1616
Life dates
18 Hewett Street, Hackney
EC2A
London Borough of Hackney
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William Shakespeare
actor, playwright, father of Susanna Hall, husband of Anne Hathaway, son of John Shakespeare, son of Mary Shakespeare, father of Judith Shakespeare, and father of Hamnet Shakespeare · (1564-1616)
Curtain Theatre
theatre, second English public playhouse, and playhouse · (1577-1627)
Ben Jonson
duelist · (1572-1637)
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