The Records of Early English Drama is pleased to announce a new open access resource for  teaching and research. The Rose Playhouse, edited by Sally-Beth MacLean, is an integrated digital edition of historical records relating to Philip Henslowe's Rose playhouse, the first of its kind on the south bank of the Thames.  

 

The text is linked with images of original manuscript sources from the London Metropolitan Archives, The British Library, and The National Archives, Kew, as well as with relevant images on the Henslowe-Alleyn Digitisation Project website. A timeline and historically-informed GIS map of Southwark and the Bankside in the context of the wider pre-1642 London area are interoperable with locations and events in the Rose Playhouse text. The map features select contemporary roads and lanes, polygons delimiting property boundaries, identifiable sewer lines, and layers to indicate manor, ward, and parish boundaries. Appendix 1, 'Early Little Rose Property Records,' with an introduction and transcriptions, has been contributed by William Ingram. Modernized texts for student use have been provided by Tanya Hagen.  

 

The Rose Playhouse is now available on REED Online at https://ereed.library.utoronto.ca.