Bar where the Bard had his Winter's Ale
12 April 2012
SHOREDITCH: Archaeologists have found what could be Shakespeare's first theatre bar.
A dig has uncovered the remains of an old brewhouse and broken bits of drinking vessels from which the playwright might have supped a pint. The Museum of London team knew there was a brewhouse as part of the original Holywell Priory, which was built in the area in 1150. Map evidence shows that the brewery would have extended on to the New Inn Broadway site where The Theatre, the venue where Shakespeare first acted and presented early plays such as Romeo and Juliet, was built in 1576.
The brewhouse might have been converted into the theatre pub.
