The Rose Theatre

The actual site of The Rose: the inside red circle indicates the original stage.

Investigate the story of The Rose's excavation in the 1980s. Which famous actors and English gentry chained themselves to the ruins in an attempt to stop the city of London from demolishing the site of London's oldest theater?

The Rose was Christopher Marlowe's theater.

Four theaters housed plays in Southbank during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries: The Rose, The Swan, The Hope, and The Globe. They were all located in an area that is no more than two city blocks. When Shakespeare's Globe was built and Marlowe was murdered, The Rose, managed by John Heminges, lost business and was forced to close. Investigate Marlowe's murder. Which theater had bear baiting as well as plays? Queen Elizabeth I generally did not go to theaters; she did go to bear baiting.