From the BBC:
An archaeological dig has recovered what is thought to be the remains of the theatre where Shakespeare’s plays were first performed.
The Theatre was found in excavations by the Museum of London at a site in Shoreditch, east London, being prepared for the building of a new theatre.
It was one of London’s first dedicated playhouses when it opened in 1576.
It was dismantled and its timbers taken to the South Bank, where they were used to construct The Globe in 1599.
A spokesman for the Museum of London said it had long been known that an open air playhouse, called The Theatre, stood in this area, but traces of its exact location had proved elusive.
