Hope Theatre

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The Hope Theatre was a dual-purpose early 17th-century London playhouse and animal-baiting arena, known as one of the later venues of the English Renaissance theatre scene.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English Renaissance theatre
animal-baiting arena
playhouse
architect John Benson NERFINISHED
architecturalStyle Elizabethan theatre style
builtBy Jacob Meade NERFINISHED
Philip Henslowe NERFINISHED
builtFor bear-baiting
bull-baiting
plays
category Bear-baiting venues
Former theatres in London
Renaissance architecture in London
closedAsPlayhouse c.1617
closedForPlaysBy 1642
closedForPlaysReason Puritan suppression of theatres
commissionedBy Philip Henslowe NERFINISHED
constructionCompleted 1614
contemporaryWith Fortune Theatre NERFINISHED
Globe Theatre NERFINISHED
Swan Theatre NERFINISHED
country Kingdom of England
demolished 1656
designedAs dual-purpose venue
destroyedDuring Interregnum period
hasFeature galleries
open-air amphitheatre
thrust stage
yard
legalStatus licensed baiting ring
licensed playhouse
locatedIn Bankside NERFINISHED
London NERFINISHED
locatedOn South Bank of the River Thames NERFINISHED
managedBy Philip Henslowe NERFINISHED
mentionedIn Henslowe's diary NERFINISHED
namedAfter Hope NERFINISHED
opened 1614
ownedBy Philip Henslowe NERFINISHED
partOf English Renaissance theatre NERFINISHED
periodOfUseAsBaitingArena 1614–1642
periodOfUseAsPlayhouse 1614–c.1617
successorTo Beargarden NERFINISHED
usedBy Lady Elizabeth's Men NERFINISHED
Prince Charles's Men NERFINISHED
usedFor bear-baiting shows
bull-baiting shows
public theatrical performances

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Edward Alleyn coOwnerOf Hope Theatre