James Burbage

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Gender	Male
Death	427 years ago
Born	England
	United Kingdom
Known for	The Theatre
Place of burial	England, United Kingdom
Children	Richard Burbage
	Cuthbert Burbage
Job	Actor
	Joiner
	Impresario
Date of birth	January 1,1531
Date of died	February 2,1597
Date of Reg.	2019-03-09 13:50:39
Date of Upd.	2023-06-19 09:07:19
ID	556283

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James Burbage Life story

James Burbage was an English actor, theatre impresario, joiner, and theatre builder in the English Renaissance theatre. He built The Theatre, the first permanent dedicated theatre built in England since Roman times.

Red Lion: archaeologists 'find in London, the earliest theatre'

Jun 10,2020 9:06 am

... excavations took place, before the settlement of development works began in 85 Stepney Way The Red lion is thought to have been built in about 1567 by John Brayne, his construction of The theatre in Shoreditch, which he completed, with James Burbage in 1576...