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The Rose Playhouse
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Bankside's first theatre

Built by Philip Henslowe 1587, rediscovered 1989

Original home of plays by Shakespeare, Marlowe, Kyd & many others

Scheduled Monument & Registered Charity

www.roseplayhouse.org.uk

Rose Theatre Trust
56 Park St, London SE1 9AR
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With a new Chair & Board of Trustees now in place, we're renewing our mission to complete the full archeological excavation of The Rose and to preserve its remains.

Then we'll build a new public exhibition, education centre & performance space.

We'll need your support, so please do follow us!
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Mon 24 Nov @ 6.30pm online

JOAN ALLEYN – NO MOUSE

Join Calista Lucy, former Keeper of the Archive at Dulwich College, as she pieces together the biography of Joan Alleyn, step-daughter of The Rose's owner, Philip Henslowe, & wife of Edward Alleyn, its star actor.

www.roseplayhouse.org.uk/whats-on
November 11, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Sat 6 Dec @ 2pm at The Rose

CAROL CONCERT
An afternoon of music & song

Celebrate Christmas with us, as our annual Rose Friends & Family Seasonal Celebration returns!

Entry includes mince pies & warm mulled wine

Audience participation will be encouraged...

Book: www.roseplayhouse.org.uk/whats-on
November 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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This November and December, our project funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, ‘Page of Plymouth', offers some unique, free, hands-on workshops, delving into the archives at @theboxplymouth.bsky.social for a glimpse of 16th Century life.
November 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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This will be fascinating. Joan Alleyn, nee Woodward, is an under-researched figure in early modern theatre. Woodwarde Rd in Dulwich is named for her (not sure why it has an E at the end). #LocalHistory
Mon 24 Nov @ 6.30pm online

JOAN ALLEYN – NO MOUSE

Join Calista Lucy, former Keeper of the Archive at Dulwich College, as she pieces together the biography of Joan Alleyn, step-daughter of The Rose's owner, Philip Henslowe, & wife of Edward Alleyn, its star actor.

www.roseplayhouse.org.uk/whats-on
November 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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We were delighted to welcome Jessie Buckley back to The Rose last week, for her interview with @cbssundaymorning.bsky.social about her life and career, and her new film Hamnet.

She wanted to be here, because it's where her journey performing Shakespeare began.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3q6FdgxwOE
November 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
We were delighted to welcome Jessie Buckley back to The Rose last week, for her interview with @cbssundaymorning.bsky.social about her life and career, and her new film Hamnet.

She wanted to be here, because it's where her journey performing Shakespeare began.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3q6FdgxwOE
November 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Mon 24 Nov @ 6.30pm online

JOAN ALLEYN – NO MOUSE

Join Calista Lucy, former Keeper of the Archive at Dulwich College, as she pieces together the biography of Joan Alleyn, step-daughter of The Rose's owner, Philip Henslowe, & wife of Edward Alleyn, its star actor.

www.roseplayhouse.org.uk/whats-on
November 11, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Thanks @lostplayhouse.bsky.social for “Pub Crawling Through Playhouses” - an excellent romp through playhouses and their drinking culture and cheers to @roseplayhouse.bsky.social for hosting! 🍻
November 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Join us online this Monday evening as Professor Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social – President of the Marlowe Society of America, and former President of the Australian & New Zealand Shakespeare Association  – uncovers the connections between ale houses and playhouses in early modern London.
Monday 10 November
@ 7.30pm online

PUB CRAWLING WITH PLAYHOUSES

Join Professor Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social for a ramble around the inns, taverns & ale-houses of Elizabethan London, to discover their role in the emergence of playhouse culture.

Book: www.roseplayhouse.org.uk/whats-on
November 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Join us online this Monday evening as Prof Laurie Johnson
@lostplayhouse.bsky.social – President of the Marlowe Society of America, and former President of the Australian & New Zealand Shakespeare Association – uncovers the connections between ale houses & playhouses.
Monday 10 November
@ 7.30pm online

PUB CRAWLING WITH PLAYHOUSES

Join Professor Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social for a ramble around the inns, taverns & ale-houses of Elizabethan London, to discover their role in the emergence of playhouse culture.

Book: www.roseplayhouse.org.uk/whats-on
November 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Join us online this Monday evening as Professor Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social – President of the Marlowe Society of America, and former President of the Australian & New Zealand Shakespeare Association  – uncovers the connections between ale houses and playhouses in early modern London.
Monday 10 November
@ 7.30pm online

PUB CRAWLING WITH PLAYHOUSES

Join Professor Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social for a ramble around the inns, taverns & ale-houses of Elizabethan London, to discover their role in the emergence of playhouse culture.

Book: www.roseplayhouse.org.uk/whats-on
November 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Reposted by The Rose Playhouse
Monday 10 November
@ 7.30pm online

PUB CRAWLING WITH PLAYHOUSES

Join Professor Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social for a ramble around the inns, taverns & ale-houses of Elizabethan London, to discover their role in the emergence of playhouse culture.

Book: www.roseplayhouse.org.uk/whats-on
November 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Monday 10 November
@ 7.30pm online

PUB CRAWLING WITH PLAYHOUSES

Join Professor Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social for a ramble around the inns, taverns & ale-houses of Elizabethan London, to discover their role in the emergence of playhouse culture.

Book: www.roseplayhouse.org.uk/whats-on
November 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
This Saturday at The Rose!

If you want to take part, there are just a handful of tickets left...
Sat 1 Nov @ 2pm onsite

PLAY READING: RICHARD II

Find out about cue scripts – what they were and how Elizabethan actors used them to learn their parts.

Then watch or take part in a one hour long version of Shakespeare's Richard II.

Roles drawn from a hat & scripts provided.

Book: bit.ly/4o0MTgH
October 31, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Sat 1 Nov @ 2pm onsite

PLAY READING: RICHARD II

Find out about cue scripts – what they were and how Elizabethan actors used them to learn their parts.

Then watch or take part in a one hour long version of Shakespeare's Richard II.

Roles drawn from a hat & scripts provided.

Book: bit.ly/4o0MTgH
October 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
TONIGHT at 6.30pm online

This should be a fascinating talk, so please do join us if you can!
Monday 27 October, at 6.30pm online

INTRODUCING PHILIP HENSLOWE'S ROSE

Join Professor Grace Ioppolo, @profshakespeare.bsky.social, Founder & Director of the Henslowe-Alleyn Digitisation Project, as she examines the business partnerships that built The Rose.

More info & book: bit.ly/4nMtaBv
October 27, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Join us this Monday...
Monday 27 October, at 6.30pm online

INTRODUCING PHILIP HENSLOWE'S ROSE

Join Professor Grace Ioppolo, @profshakespeare.bsky.social, Founder & Director of the Henslowe-Alleyn Digitisation Project, as she examines the business partnerships that built The Rose.

More info & book: bit.ly/4nMtaBv
October 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Join us at The Rose this Saturday!
Sat 25 Oct @ 1pm & 3pm onsite

THE ALLEYNS’ 433rd WEDDING ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

Discover how an aspiring middle-class Elizabethan couple would celebrate their wedding anniversary.

Enjoy a few Tudor sweetmeats, and join in with the dancing!

More info & book: www.roseplayhouse.org.uk/whats-on
October 24, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Monday 27 October, at 6.30pm online

INTRODUCING PHILIP HENSLOWE'S ROSE

Join Professor Grace Ioppolo, @profshakespeare.bsky.social, Founder & Director of the Henslowe-Alleyn Digitisation Project, as she examines the business partnerships that built The Rose.

More info & book: bit.ly/4nMtaBv
October 17, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Sat 1 Nov @ 2pm onsite

PLAY READING: RICHARD II

Find out about cue scripts – what they were and how Elizabethan actors used them to learn their parts.

Then watch or take part in a one hour long version of Shakespeare's Richard II.

Roles drawn from a hat & scripts provided.

Book: bit.ly/4o0MTgH
October 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Next Monday, the Page of Plymouth online talks in partnership with The Rose Playhouse continue:

INTRODUCING PHILIP HENSLOWE’S ROSE - with PROFESSOR GRACE IOPPOLO
📅 Monday 27th October 2025 🕡 6.30pm 💻 online
🎫 £5 /£8 Book via The Rose: www.roseplayhouse.org.uk/whats-on
October 20, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Don't miss this fascinating talk from the Founder and Director of the Henslowe-Alleyn Digitisation Project, that will explore more theatre, archaeological and social history.

There are more online talks with The Rose coming up in early 2026 too, so look out for news of those.
October 20, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Monday 27 October, at 6.30pm online

INTRODUCING PHILIP HENSLOWE'S ROSE

Join Professor Grace Ioppolo, @profshakespeare.bsky.social, Founder & Director of the Henslowe-Alleyn Digitisation Project, as she examines the business partnerships that built The Rose.

More info & book: bit.ly/4nMtaBv
October 17, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Sat 25 Oct @ 1pm & 3pm onsite

THE ALLEYNS’ 433rd WEDDING ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

Discover how an aspiring middle-class Elizabethan couple would celebrate their wedding anniversary.

Enjoy a few Tudor sweetmeats, and join in with the dancing!

More info & book: www.roseplayhouse.org.uk/whats-on
October 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
6.30pm TONIGHT

Join Helen Chaloner & David Prescott from @literatureworks.bsky.social as they introduce the new Page of Plymouth project.

Actors Beth Park & Tim Frances will be there to read extracts from pamphlets & ballads about the murder that Ben Jonson & Thomas Dekker turned into a Rose play.
October 13, 2025 at 12:40 PM