Our team of archaeologists have embarked on an exciting new excavation at the site of Shakespeare’s London playhouse and Hackney’s first Scheduled Ancient Monument, The Theatre. The work is underway to prepare the space for a new development, The Box Office, which will place the in-situ archaeological remains of The Theatre centre stage in an exhibition dedicated to exploring Elizabethan commercial theatre culture, and how The Theatre came to be one of the most important places in the story of Shakespeare in London.
