Blackfriars Theatre

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indoor playhouse playhouse theatre

Blackfriars Theatre was a prominent indoor playhouse in London that became a key center for English Renaissance drama and home to Shakespeare’s company in the early 17th century.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Blackfriars Theatre canonical 7
Blackfriars Theatre (historical) 1
Whitefriars Theatre 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf indoor playhouse ⓘ
playhouse ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
associatedCompany Children of the Chapel Royal ⓘ
surface form: Children of the Chapel

Children of the Queen's Revels ⓘ
associatedWith Ben Jonson ⓘ
Francis Beaumont ⓘ
John Fletcher ⓘ
Richard Burbage ⓘ
William Shakespeare ⓘ
audienceType court-connected audience ⓘ
elite audience ⓘ
category Renaissance theatre in London ⓘ
Shakespearean theatre ⓘ
country England ⓘ
currency defunct ⓘ
demolished yes ⓘ
era English Renaissance ⓘ
feature discovery space ⓘ
galleries ⓘ
music room above the stage ⓘ
stage with tiring house ⓘ
historicalSignificance important venue for Jacobean drama ⓘ
influenced staging of late Shakespearean plays ⓘ
key center for development of indoor theatre in England ⓘ
homeTo King's Men ⓘ
King's Men ⓘ
surface form: Shakespeare’s company
influenced design of later indoor theatres ⓘ
performance practices of Shakespeare’s late plays ⓘ
languageOfPerformances English ⓘ
lighting candlelit ⓘ
locatedIn Blackfriars ⓘ
surface form: Blackfriars, London
location London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
notableFor English Renaissance drama ⓘ
association with William Shakespeare ⓘ
operatedBy The King’s Men ⓘ
surface form: King's Men
ownedBy James Burbage ⓘ
partOf City of London ⓘ
periodOfUse Caroline era ⓘ
Stuart period ⓘ
surface form: Jacobean era

early 17th century ⓘ
roofType indoor, roofed structure ⓘ
type private theatre ⓘ
usedFor drama ⓘ
masques ⓘ
music ⓘ
theatrical performances ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

English Renaissance drama → majorVenue → Blackfriars Theatre ⓘ
King's Men → mainVenue → Blackfriars Theatre ⓘ
John Marston → wroteFor → Blackfriars Theatre ⓘ
Blackfriars area of London → historicallyKnownFor → Blackfriars Theatre ⓘ
Nathan Field → associatedWith → Blackfriars Theatre ⓘ
Epicœne, or The Silent Woman → theatreOfFirstPerformance → Blackfriars Theatre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Whitefriars Theatre
John Heminges → associatedWith → Blackfriars Theatre ⓘ
Henry Condell → associatedWith → Blackfriars Theatre ⓘ
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse → inspiredBy → Blackfriars Theatre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blackfriars Theatre (historical)