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Newington Butts is a former hamlet, now an area of the London Borough of Southwark, London, England, that gives its name to a segment of the A3 road running south-west from the Elephant and Castle junction.
Newington Butts was one of the earliest and southernmost Elizabethan theatres where some of Shakespeare's early plays were performed. Learn about its history, location, lease-holders and occupants.
The Newington Butts Theatre was one of the earliest Elizabethan theatres, possibly predating even The Theatre of 1576 and the Curtain Theatre, which are usually regarded as the first playhouses built around London.
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In-depth. In or around 1576 James Savage opened a playhouse at Newington Butts about a mile south of the river, near what is now the Elephant and Castle district. Plays were performed there until 1595, and our records tell us that Christopher Marlowe’s The Jew of Malta and William Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus were performed at this ...
Oct 23, 2012 · Today, the name of the early settlement lives on in two roads- Newington Causeway and Newington Butts which lie either side of the present day junction.
3 days ago · NEWINGTON BUTTS IN 1820. In the high road between the "Elephant and Castle" and Kennington Park stands the old Newington Grammar School, with the date 1666 over the door.
Newington Butts was a playhouse in Surrey, near the Thames, that was used occasionally from 1580 to 1594. It was the first theatre in the future theatre district of London, but it was also far from the city and closed by the Privy Council in 1592.
