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  2. Sam Wanamaker Playhouse - Wikipedia

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    The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse is an indoor theatre forming part of the Shakespeare's Globe complex, along with the recreated Globe Theatre on Bankside in Southwark, London.. Built by making use of 17th-century plans for an indoor English theatre, the playhouse recalls the layout and style of the Blackfriars Theatre (which also existed in Shakespeare's time), although it is not an exact reconstru

  3. Shakespeare's Globe - Wikipedia

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    The modern Shakespeare's Globe was founded by the actor and director Sam Wanamaker, and built about 230 metres (750 ft) from the site of the original theatre in the historic open-air style. It opened to the public in 1997, with a production of Henry V .

  4. Sam Wanamaker - Wikipedia

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    Wanamaker began his acting career in traveling shows and later worked on Broadway. In 1942, he starred with Ingrid Bergman in Joan of Lorraine and directed Two Gentlemen from Athens the following year. [4] In 1943, Wanamaker was part of the cast of the play Counterattack at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C. During the play, he became ...

  5. Midsummer Mechanicals - Wikipedia

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    Midsummer Mechanicals opened on 28 July 2022 at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in Shakespeare's Globe Theatre and ran until 21 August 2022. [4] It was produced in collaboration with Shakespeare’s Globe and Splendid Productions and directed by Lucy Cuthbertson and Kerry Frampton. [3] [4] Rose Revitt designed the show's set, and Sabia Smith ...

  6. Britannia Manor - Wikipedia

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    On the waterfront portion of the property, Garriott had built a scaled replica of an Elizabethan outdoor theater called the Curtain, after the original Curtain Theatre. Capable of seating well over a hundred, Garriott's Curtain theater was modeled after the style also replicated in full-scale by Sam Wanamaker's Globe Theatre replica in ...

  7. American Shakespeare Center - Wikipedia

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    The American Shakespeare Center was founded as the Shenandoah Shakespeare EXPRESS in 1988 by Dr. Ralph Alan Cohen and Jim Warren. [6] The first show performed by the newly organized company was Richard III, where actors who made up the locally travelling ensemble troupe came from James Madison University's current students and graduates, and the performance was two hours long (compared to a ...

  8. Romantics Anonymous (musical) - Wikipedia

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    The musical premiered at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in London on 20 October 2017 and ran until 6 January 2018. The production was directed by Rice (who at the time was Artistic Director of Shakespeare's Globe), designed by Lez Brotherston and choreographed by Etta Murfitt.

  9. Blackfriars Theatre - Wikipedia

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    Completed at a cost of £7.5 million, the theatre opened as the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in January 2014. [26] Designed by Jon Greenfield, in collaboration with Allies and Morrison, it is an oak structure built inside the building's brick shell. [27] The thrust stage is surmounted by a musicians' gallery, and the theatre has an ornately painted ...