The dream factory Choral music Their history begins a long

Their history begins a long time before the Lindisfarne raid

Series: Angelina Ballerina

Date of Publication: 31/08/2017

described as 'one of the great social historians of our time

Author(s): El-Arifi

The dream factory Choral music Their history begins a longIn 1576, in a muddy field in Shoreditch, James Burbage erected London's first purpose built commercial playhouse. A place of high culture and quick profit, run by cunning dreamers, the Theatre for the first time offered London's players the chance to control what they staged. At a time when playgoing was held to be close to a sin, this entertainment factory was a flashpoint for controversy but would also become Shakespeare's first theatre, where he