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One of the earliest Shakespearean playhouses has been lost to historians for centuries. But now Laurie Johnson has worked out where it likely stood – under a shopping centre.

James Whitmore

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John Fead, Shakespeare and his contemporaries, 1851. Wikimedia

Shakespeare's lost playhouse – now under a supermarket

Laurie Johnson, University of Southern Queensland

The first recorded performance of the theatre company that Shakespeare co-founded was at a playhouse south of the Thames, but was lost to historians for centuries. Now we know where it lies.

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