Banksiders...
At 6pm on Friday 1st June John Constable talks about the theatrical history of the 'Outlaw Borough' from Shakespeare's Bankside to the present day South Bank. In a National Theatre Platform: Hidden London Theatres: SE1 and beyond Chaired by Al Senter. This Platform will be followed by a booksigning. He is sure to mention Philip Henslowe and Edward Alleyn and their theatres the Rose and the Hope, may possibly talk about bear baiting too.
posted by Calista Lucy at
6:43 pm
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Tickets cost £2.50 and £3.50. You can book online at http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk
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Marianne Bradnock, at 11:36 pm
Ivan Hewett, reviewed the new look South Bank in the Telegraph Review on Saturday 11th August 2007. Although I feel he misunderstands the Elizabethan south bank. The strap line reads "Once the sole attractions of the south bank of the Thames were brothels and bear-baiting." He mentions Philip Henslowe and two of his theatres The Rose and The Hope. But concludes, that now this 'culture mile' is the most exciting waterfront in the world. I would argue that as all entertainment in London was confined to the area in the late C16th and early C17th, Henslowe and Alleyn's Bankside would have been just as vibrant and thrilling and that the refurbishment of the Royal Festival Hall complex has merely returned the area to its heady Tudor heyday.
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Calista Lucy, at 11:33 am
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