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| Address | 86 Stepney Way Whitechapel High Street London Borough of Tower Hamlets |
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| Coordinates | 51°31′07″N 00°03′25″W / 51.51861°N 0.05694°W |
| Owner | John Brayne |
| Type | Elizabethan playhouse |
| Capacity | standing yard with galleries |
| Construction | |
| Years active | 1567–1568 |
| Architect | William Sylvester and John Reynolds (carpenters) |
The Red Lion was an Elizabethan playhouse located in Whitechapel (part of the modern Borough of Tower Hamlets), just outside the City of London on the east side.
Built in 1567 for John Brayne, citizen and Grocer, this was the first known attempt to provide a purpose-built playhouse in London for the many Tudor age touring theatrical companies - and perhaps the first purpose-built venue known to have been built in the city since Roman times. Its existence was short-lived.[1]
- ^ J. Bowsher and P. Miller, The Rose and the Globe — Playhouses of Shakespeare's Bankside, Southwark (Museum of London, 2010), p. 19. ISBN 978-1-901992-85-4.