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Fortune Theatre |
Currently showing:
The Woman In Black |
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The Fortune Theatre is the
name of a historic and a present-day theatre in London.
The 17th Century Venue
The Fortune Theatre was contemporary with Shakespeare's
Globe, the Swan Theatre and others. It is the only
theater from that time whose exact dimensions are known,
although many details were specified to be "the same as
the Globe" without further clarification. It had a
square floorplan. Three floors of galleries surrounded
the central yard, which was open to the sky.
The well-to-do paid extra money to see the play and be
seen in the galleries, while "groundlings" could watch
the play from the yard, right in front of the stage.
The stage was rectangular, extending out into the middle
of the yard.
The 20th Century Venue
The Fortune Theatre located in Russell Street, Covent
Garden in London, was opened in 1924 and stands on the
site of the old Albion Tavern.
In 2005 it hosted the long running play The Woman in
Black, which was adapted by Stephen Mallatratt from the
book of the same name by Susan Hill.
The Fortune's original building plans were discovered by
Richard L. Hay, who used the exact plans to design and
build the Elizabethan Stage at the Oregon Shakespeare
Festival in Ashland, Oregon. |
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Fortune
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