List of English Renaissance theatres
The following is a list of English Renaissance theatres, from the first theatres built in 1567, to their closure at the beginning of the English Civil War in 1642.
English Renaissance theatres were more commonly known by the term 'playhouses'. They can be divided into indoor playhouses and outdoor playhouses.Outdoor playhouses
- The Boar's Head, Whitechapel
- The Curtain, Shoreditch
- The Fortune
- The Globe, Bankside
- The Hope, Bankside
- Newington Butts
- The Red Bull, Clerkenwell
- The Red Lion, Mile End
- The Rose, Bankside
- The Swan, Bankside
- The Theatre, Shoreditch
Indoor playhouses
- Blackfriars Theatre
- The Cockpit-in-Court, part of the Palace of Whitehall
- Cockpit Theatre, later renamed to The Phoenix, Drury Lane
- Porter's Hall Theatre, or Puddle Wharf, Blackfriars
- Salisbury Court Theatre, off Fleet Street
- St. Paul's Theatre, St. Paul's Cathedral
- Whitefriars Theatre, off Fleet Street
