The following is a list of English Renaissance theatres, from the first theatres built in 1567, to their closure at the beginning of the English Civil War in 1642.

Contents

• Outdoor playhouses
• Indoor playhouses
• See also

English Renaissance theatres were more commonly known by the term 'playhouses'. They can be divided into indoor playhouses (which were small and performed to high-paying audiences) and outdoor playhouses (large, partly open-air amphitheatres that charged lower prices).

Outdoor playhouses

• The Boar's Head, Whitechapel
• The Curtain, Shoreditch
• The Fortune
• The Globe, Bankside
• The Hope, Bankside
• Newington Butts
• The Red Bull, Clerkenwell
• The Red Lion, Mile End
• The Rose, Bankside
• The Swan, Bankside
• The Theatre, Shoreditch

Indoor playhouses

• Blackfriars Theatre (two sites, near to one another), Blackfriars Dominican priory, City of London
• The Cockpit-in-Court, part of the Palace of Whitehall
• Cockpit Theatre, later renamed to The Phoenix, Drury Lane
• Porter's Hall Theatre, or Puddle Wharf, Blackfriars
• Salisbury Court Theatre, off Fleet Street
• St. Paul's Theatre, St. Paul's Cathedral
• Whitefriars Theatre, off Fleet Street

See also

• English Renaissance theatre
• Inn-yard theatre
• List of former theatres in London
• List of London venues
• Theatre of the United Kingdom