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The curtain agatha christie
The curtain agatha christie













the curtain agatha christie

Small finds included a ceramic bird whistle ceramic money boxes for collecting entry fees beads probably used for decorating stage costumes and a small statue of Bacchus.ġ599 print showing what may be the Curtain Theatre, although this could be a depiction of the Theatre, the other Elizabethan theatre in Shoreditch at that time The excavation revealed a 14-metre (46 ft) stage, and evidence of a tunnel under the stage and galleries at the first floor level. The most significant revelation was that the Curtain was rectangular, not round. (The name bears no relationship to the front curtain associated with modern theatres.) The remains of the theatre were rediscovered in archaeological excavations in 2012–16. It was called the "Curtain" because it was located near a plot of land called Curtain Close, which derived its name in turn from its proximity to the walls of Holywell Priory, a curtain wall being a section of wall between two bastions. The Curtain was built some 200 yards (180 m) south of London's first playhouse, The Theatre, which had opened a year before, in 1576.

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It opened in 1577, and continued staging plays until 1624. The Curtain Theatre was an Elizabethan playhouse located in Hewett Street, Shoreditch (within the modern London Borough of Hackney), just outside the City of London. The Curtain Theatre is labelled in the top right of this London street map.















The curtain agatha christie