The Rose
The Rose was an Elizabethan playhouse, built by theatre entrepreneur Philip Henslowe in 1587. It was the fifth public playhouse to be built in London, after the Red Lion in Whitechapel, The Theatre and the Curtain, both in Shoreditch, and the theatre…| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Elizabethan theater in London
- Also known as: “Rose Theatre” and “The Rose Theatre, Rose Court, Southwark”
- Address: Park Street, London, SE1 9HA
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Shakespeares Globe and Tate Modern.
Shakespeares Globe
Archaeological site
Photo: Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 at Southwark, close to the south bank of the Thames, by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men.
Tate Modern
Museum
Photo: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tate Modern is an art gallery in London, housing the United Kingdom's national collection of international modern and contemporary art. It forms part of the Tate group together with Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives. Tate Modern is situated 890 feet west of The Rose.
London Bridge
The name "London Bridge" refers to several historic crossings that have spanned the River Thames between the City of London and Southwark in central London since Roman times. London Bridge is situated 1,800 feet east of The Rose.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bankside and Southwark.
Bankside
Quarter
Bankside is an area of London, England, within the London Borough of Southwark. Bankside is located on the southern bank of the River Thames, 1.5 miles east of Charing Cross, running from a little west of Blackfriars Bridge to just a short distance before London Bridge at St Mary Overie Dock.
Southwark
Suburb
Photo: Loz Pycock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Southwark is a district of Central London situated on the south bank of the River Thames, forming the north-western part of the wider modern London Borough of Southwark.
Blackfriars
Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Blackfriars is in central London, specifically the south-west corner of the City of London.
The Rose
- Categories: theater building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: London Borough of Southwark, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.50722° or 51° 30′ 26″ northLongitude
-0.09547° or 0° 5′ 44″ westOpen location code
9C3XGW43+VROpenStreetMap ID
node 1948210224OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q1120943
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“The Rose” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “玫瑰劇院”
- Dutch: “The Rose”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الورده”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مسرح الورده”
- French: “The Rose”
- Galician: “The Rose”
- German: “The Rose (Theater)”
- German: “The Rose”
- Hebrew: “הוורד”
- Italian: “The Rose”
- Japanese: “ローズ座”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “The Rose”
- Norwegian: “The Rose”
- Spanish: “The Rose”
- Ukrainian: “Роуз”
- Ukrainian: “Театр Роуз”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Font Climbing Centre and Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as The Rose Theatre and Shakespeare’s Globe Education & Rehearsal Studios.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “The Rose”. Photo: Loz Pycock, CC BY-SA 2.0.