What theater did William Shakespeare and his acting company use?

Answer 1

The Theatre was the first successful building built especially to perform plays in. It was built by James Burbage in 1576 and housed the Admiral's Men for a time, and later for a short time The Lord Chamberlain's Men, including Shakespeare. In 1596, the landlord shut it down, prompting the company to move to other accomodations. In 1599 it was torn down and the materials from it used to build The Globe Theatre. The Theatre not only gave the English language our word for what used to be called a playhouse, but also the iconic design of the Elizabethan outdoor playhouse, used in such other playhouses as the Curtain, The Rose, The Globe, The Swan and The Hope.

Answer 2

The theatrical company with which we associate Shakespeare the most, the Lord Chamberlain's (afterward King's) Men, played four theatres: The Theatre, The Curtain, The Globe, and the Blackfriars.

Prior to joining that company, Shakespeare might have acted with Lord Strage's Men, and so would have played The Rose. He might have also played in the Newington Butts Theatre.

These are the names of the public playhouses which we associate with Shakespeare, but we know that he also performed with the company in private performances at court and elsewhere. The earlist known performance of Twelfth Night was a private performance in the hall of The Middle Temple (the law school)

Shakespeare also performed outside of London. During the plague outbreak in 1596, the theatres were closed for a while and The Lord Chamberlain's Men went on tour. We do not know how many innyards and other makeshift venues they played on this tour.
He performs at london england at the theatre royal court.

Answer 3

William Shakespeare was a charter member of the Lord Chamberlain's Men in 1594. He continued as a member of the company until 1613. During this time, they performed in a number of different theatres: Newington Butts Theatre, 1594, The Theatre, 1594-1596, The Curtain, 1596-1599, The Globe, 1599-1613, The Blackfriars, 1608-1613.

Answer 4

There were lots. He himself played in at least four: The Theatre, The Curtain, The Globe and The Blackfriars. He may also have appeared in the innyard theatres of the Bel Savage, Bull, Bell and Crossed Keys, or the older theatres The Rose and Newington Butts. He did not appear in St. Paul's (reserved for boy players), and probably not in The Hope, The Swan or The Fortune.

Answer 5

The way this question is worded suggests that the questioner thinks Shakespeare had anything to do with where his plays were performed. He didn't.

When Shakespeare first started writing plays, they were sold to theatre companies who performed them wherever they could. Later, after 1594, Shakespeare wrote for the company he was a partner in, the Lord Chamberlain's Men. The thing about the Lord Chamberlain's Men was that two of its partners happened to be the sons of James Burbage, who had built a theatre called The Theatre. So obviously that was where they performed, until they were closed out of that theatre by the landlord. While they were waiting for things to resolve, they performed at the nearby theatre called The Curtain. James Burbage died in 1599 and his two sons inherited The Theatre. Realizing that the problem was the land The Theatre was located on, they waited until the landlord was out of town then got a crew together, tore down the theatre and used bits of it to build a new theatre called The Globe, which was used by the company until long after Shakespeare. But these were not the only theatres used by the company. The Burbages also owned an indoor theatre called the Blackfriars which they were able to use after 1608, and did. But Shakespeare had nothing to do with the decision to use it.

Answer 6

Many many theatres over the last 400 years. However, during Shakespeare's lifetime, they were certainly performed at these five theatres: The Rose, The Theatre, the Curtain, The Globe, and The Blackfriars. Probably also at Newington Butts.