<P> The Theatre was an Elizabethan playhouse in Shoreditch ( in Curtain Road , part of the modern London Borough of Hackney ) , just outside the City of London . It was the second permanent theatre ever built in England , after the Red Lion , and the first successful one . Built by actor - manager James Burbage , near the family home in Holywell Street , The Theatre is considered the first theatre built in London for the sole purpose of theatrical productions . The Theatre 's history includes a number of important acting troupes including the Lord Chamberlain 's Men , which employed Shakespeare as actor and playwright . After a dispute with the landlord , the theatre was dismantled and the timbers used in the construction of the Globe Theatre on Bankside . </P>
<P> The Theatre was an Elizabethan playhouse in Shoreditch ( in Curtain Road , part of the modern London Borough of Hackney ) , just outside the City of London . It was the second permanent theatre ever built in England , after the Red Lion , and the first successful one . Built by actor - manager James Burbage , near the family home in Holywell Street , The Theatre is considered the first theatre built in London for the sole purpose of theatrical productions . The Theatre 's history includes a number of important acting troupes including the Lord Chamberlain 's Men , which employed Shakespeare as actor and playwright . After a dispute with the landlord , the theatre was dismantled and the timbers used in the construction of the Globe Theatre on Bankside . </P>
who built the first public playhouse in london
who built the first public playhouse in london
James Burbage
James Burbage