The Red Lion was an Elizabethan playhouse located in Whitechapel (part of the modern Borough of Tower Hamlets) just outside the City of London. Built in 1567 by John Brayne formerly a grocer this theatre was a short-lived attempt to provide a purpose-built playhouse the first known in London for the many Tudor touring theatrical companies.
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