Dustin Hoffman and Dame Peggy Ashcroft share their enjoyment of the discovery and offer their support
The Rose is London’s most historic theatre, the first Elizabethan Theatre on Bankside and home to many of Shakespeare’s and Marlowe’s first productions. Plans are in place to complete the excavation and open it to the public permanently.
There will be a Question and Answer session with the actors, director and production staff each Tuesday of the run directly after the performance. All patrons are welcome to stay for the Q+A which will last about 20 minutes
We run productions and have open days throughout the year, to which we welcome all visitors.
Set in the city banking sector during the current debt crisis the Rose will open the 2012 season with a modern dress production of William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. Love is caught up in a whirlwind of market forces in this dark comedy set in the world of high finance. The quality of mercy [...]
Join us for a tour of Elizabethan London’s Liberty of the Clink, home of the Bishop of Winchester, London’s iconic Rose and Globe Theatres and the foul industries that even the Elizabethans considered unsightly. Hear about London’s three cities, the Frost Fairs and the Winchester Geese, culminating with exclusive access to the Rose, Bankside where [...]