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at least by 1637 and perhaps as early as 1634. It was a roofed and enclosed building, or what was then called a "private theatre" like the contemporaneous
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termed it "a pretty little theatre." No trace of it survives, but it was located on
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in London (as opposed to a large open-air "public theatre" like the
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New York, Burt
Franklin; reprinted Ayer Publishing, 1970; p. 2.
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Werburgh Street Theatre
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Drama, Performance, and Polity in Pre-Cromwellian
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