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In 1575, the City of London passed a decree to ban the performance of plays within the city limits. Some playing companies began setting up playhouses in the yards of inns just outside the city limits. In 1576 James Burbage and a partner opened The Theater in Shoreditch, north of town, becoming the first purpose-built playhouse in England.

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