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The Rose Theatre was where all Christopher Marlowe's and most of William Shakespeare's early plays were performed.
It's situated on the south side of the Thames, not far from the site of The Globe Theatre.

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Ortelia's recreation of the Rose Theatre from late sixteenth-century London reveals for the first time in four hundred years just how small and dark this venue is. The Rose Theatre was where all Christopher Marlowe's plays and several of William Shakespeare's early plays were performed.

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- In 1576 Brayne and James Burbage built the Theatre, outside the city walls;
- Newington Butts Theatre was built in the south in the same year;
- In 1577 the Curtain was built near the Theatre.
Then, five more theatres were built and companies of actors began playing.
Nevertheless, not all theatres had performances of plays regularly and some were also used for other types of entertainment.

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In 1567 was built the first playhouse, named Red Lion, in London by John Brayne;
this theatre received a such great success at that time.
Unluckily it was temporary:
many more playhouses were build and opened to people between the 1570s and the 1620s.

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They were sometimes built by businessmen.
A businessman rented some land, built a playhouse and leased it to acting companies for a set number of years.
The company paid the playhouse owner a share of the takings; usually half the income from galleries.

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Most playhouses had a brick base with timber-framed walls.
The gaps between the timbers were filled with sticks, hair and plaster.
The roofs were made from thatch or tile.
Inside they were divided in many parts, each one with its own structural function.

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Why build playhouses south of the Thames? 

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Why build playhouses south of the Thames? 

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Playhouses drew big audiences, but at that time they weren't so popular.
The officials who ran the City of London thought that playhouses were "noisy and disruptive", so people built them outside the city wall, in most cases.
However, they were considered places where people could past their time by having fun, drinking and eating too.

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There were two different types of playhouse in London during Shakespeare’s time.
There were outdoor playhouses, also known as ‘amphitheatres’, and indoor playhouses, also known as ‘halls’.
These were very different theatres that attracted different types of audiences.

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Shakespeare’s plays were first represent at The Globe,
a playhouse situated in the South of London, where actors
(mainly male ones) played and entertained people.

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During the Shakespeare's time, England's capital, London, was divided in two parts: the upper part of the River Thames and the lower one.
In the north of the River, there were places dedicated to a worldly life; instead, in the south, people attended to the most extended cultural clubs.