On this site stood The Curtain Theatre (1577 - 1599) William Shakespeare first performed "Henry V" and "Romeo & Juliet" and acted on stage himself.
{At the bottom is the signature of the graffiti artist:}
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EC2, Curtain Road, Horse and Groom pub
Great display of street art on the side of this pub - all by Schade. More about the site of the Curtain Theatre at the plaque, Curtain Theatre - Hewett Street.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Curtain Theatre - Curtain Road
This, the second English purpose-built playhouse was erected very close to th...
Born and died in Stratford-upon-Avon. His birth date is usually given as the ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Curtain Theatre - Curtain Road
Artist and architect. Born Chile. We can'f find a picture of him so we are ...
Hart lived in nearby Japan Road for most of her adult life until her death. There is no specific memorial to her in the pub, but lots of ...
We must have walked through this arch many times without properly seeing it. We thank Geoff Marshall of Londonist for enlightening us in...
This sign was in place in 2018 - May 2019 but had gone by November 2020. In 2018 there was a second identical sign further along Stone Wa...
We read the Library Time Machine's post about one artist's obsession with painting the large and ornamental gate piers at the entrance to...
The translation is provided by our language consultant, David Hopkins. He points out some abbreviations, Anglicisations and errors but c...
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