The Rose [London]
type: Item
label: The Rose
description: Theatre building in London, United Kingdom
description: theater @nl
EUTA building identifier: 373
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: United Kingdom
City: London
GPS: Point(-0.0955 51.5072)
Wikidata source: Q1120943
opening date: 1587-01-01T00:00:00Z
architect: Philip Henslowe
Theatres Trust Database ID: 2758
Source URL: rose
city section: Southwark
time frame: Renaissance
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 1130
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1587 for the business man Philip Henslowe as the first theatre on London's Bankside. Enlarged 1592. Used for performances of plays by Kyd, Jonson, Shakespeare, and Marlowe. Closed 1606. - Remains discovered and partially excavated 1989. Subsequently covered for preservation. On 13 Apr 1999 an exibition on the history of the Rose Theatre opened on the site. The relics themselves are not open to the public.