Gli archeologi credono che hanno portato alla luce i resti del primo teatro di Shakespeare..

Una squadra dal Museum di Londra ha trovato i resti del teatro in Shoreditch la scorsa estate.

Costruito nel 1576, è il pensiero di Bard ha agito e che ci ha ospitato anche la prima di Romeo e Giulietta.

Nel frattempo, un ritratto di Shakespeare, il pensiero di essere l'unico superstite immagine di lui compiuti nel corso della sua vita, è stata svelata a Londra.

Taryn Nixon, dal Museo di Londra, ha detto il suo team ha trovato una parte della parete ricurva originale del teatro, che è stato creduto di essere in forma poligonale.

Un metro e mezzo sotto il livello stradale, si è scoperto anche la superficie di ghiaia, dolcemente degradante verso il palcoscenico.

Sig.ra Nixon ha detto alla BBC; il teatro fu costruito in un luogo che era conosciuto come "periferia del peccato", appena fuori la città.

"Il sindaco effettivamente superato un decreto che non ci dovrebbero essere le rappresentazioni teatrali in città ... così solo sulla periferia della città è in realtà, classico, dove troverete tutte le leggermente selvaggia, un po 'più divertente attività in corso ", ha detto.

Trova presentata entro il cantiere di ghiaia sono un frammento di ceramica 16° secolo con l'immagine di un uomo con la barba .

Il teatro è stato costruito da James Burbage, utilizzando mattoni da un vecchio convento.

Si pensa che abbia ospitato la compagnia teatrale di Shakespeare, il Chamberlain's Men.

Circa 25 anni dopo che è stato costruito, è stato smantellato ed è stato trasferito al Globe Theatre sulla riva sud del Tamigi realizzato interamente in legno.

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Archaeologists believe they have unearthed the remains of Shakespeare's first theatre, the BBC has learned.

A team from the Museum of London found the remains of the theatre in Shoreditch last summer.

Built in 1576, it is thought the Bard acted there and that it also hosted the premiere of Romeo and Juliet.

Meanwhile, a portrait of Shakespeare, thought to be the only surviving image of him made during his lifetime, has been unveiled in London.

Taryn Nixon, from the Museum of London, said her team had found part of the original curved wall of the playhouse, which was believed to be polygonal in shape.

A metre and a half below street level, it has also uncovered the gravel surface, gently sloping down towards the stage, where the bulk of the audience would have stood.

But the archaeologists fear the stage itself may be buried underneath a housing development.

Ms Nixon told the BBC the theatre was built in what were known as "the suburbs of sin" just outside the city.

"The Lord Mayor actually passed a decree that there shouldn't be any theatrical performances in the city... so just on the edge of the city is actually, classically, where you find all the slightly wilder, slightly more fun activities going on, " she said.

Finds made within the gravel yard include a fragment of 16th-century pottery featuring the image of a man with beard and ruff.

Relocated

The theatre was constructed by James Burbage, possibly using bricks from an old priory.

Shakespeare's theatre unearthed

It is thought to have played host to Shakespeare's theatre company, the Chamberlain's Men.

About 25 years after it was built, it was dismantled and moved timber by timber to construct the Globe Theatre on the South Bank of the Thames.

In the 1990s the Globe was recreated on a site nearby.

Penny Tuerk, from the Tower Theatre Company, said Romeo and Juliet and an early version of Hamlet were thought to have been performed at the excavated site, as were some of Shakespeare's comedies, like A Midsummer Night's Dream.

"There was a huge appetite for theatre at the time, " she said.

"People were flocking into the theatres and they would have grabbed anything that they could and put it on to please the crowds."

Portrait

The site is now owned by the Tower Theatre Company. It plans to preserve the architecture in situ and construct a new playhouse around it which will open in 2012.

The painting of Shakespeare is thought to date from 1610

Ms Tuerk said it would be a 21st Century equivalent of the original playhouse - a "no frills, hard-working place of entertainment" - that would bring London theatre "back to its roots".

"Imagine actors in the future crossing the theatre and perhaps paying homage to Shakespeare as they go on stage for luck, " she added.

Elsewhere on Monday, Professor Stanley Wells, chairman of The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, unveiled a newly identified portrait of the Bard.

The picture is owned by art restorer Alec Cobbe and is believed to have been painted in 1610, six years before the playwright's death at the age of 46.

There has long been controversy over the accuracy of some representations of him and many have been discredited in recent years.

Most experts generally agree that the most accurate posthumously made depictions are a bust in Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon and an engraving made for the title page of the first collected edition of his work.

The portrait will go on display to the public in Stratford-upon-Avon on 23 April, Shakespeare's birthday.