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Web Resources

Museum of London, Rose Site Info: (SBH88): https://collections.museumoflondon.org.uk/online/search/#!/results?terms=sbh88

Henslowe-Alleyn Digitisation Project: https://www.henslowe-alleyn.org.uk/

VR Models of the Rose Playhouse

‘Recreation of the Rose Theatre,’ Ortelia (2013), with Prof. Joanne Tompkins (University of Queensland): https://ortelia.com/project/recreation-of-the-rose-theatre/

Rhys Griffin (2016), model creator in association with ‘The Lost Valley of London’ for ‘Shakespeare’s Secret Playhouse’ https://www.roseplayhouse.org.uk/experience/videos/

VR model of The Theatre Playhouse

Cloak and Dagger Ltd. (2012), with Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA): https://www.mola.org.uk/blog/step-inside-shakespeares-first-theatre Henslowe’s Rose playhouse may have been modelled on the 1576 Theatre. For the model by Cloak & Dagger, most of the data for their model came from the Rose as only a small area of the Theatre has been uncovered.