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A London theatre, octagonal and open to the
sky, near Bankside, Southwark, where many of
Shakespeare's plays were performed by Richard
Burbage and his company. Built 1599 by
Cuthbert Burbage, it was burned down 1613
after a cannon, fired during a performance of
Henry VIII, set light to the thatch. It was
rebuilt in 1614 but pulled down in 1644. The
site was rediscovered Oct 1989 near the
remains of the contemporaneous Rose Theatre.
In 1987 planning permission was granted to
the US film producer Sam Wanamaker (1919-) to
build a working replica of the theatre on its
original site.