• Langley had the theatre built almost certainly in 1595–96. When it was new, the Swan was the most visually impressive of the existing London theatres.
  • The History of the Swan Theatre. In 1967 the Bass brewery sold The Swan, a derelict Yeovil pub, to the Yeovil Dramatic and Arts Society.
  • The sketch, surviving only in an early copy by de Witt's friend, Arend van Buchell, is of the interior of the Swan Theatre.
  • Shakespeare's Theatres: The Swan. The Swan Theatre was built by Francis Langley about 1594, south of the Thames, close to the Rose, in Surrey.
  • Copy of Johannes de Witt's sketch of the interior of the Swan Theatre, by Aernoudt (Arendt) van Buchell, c. 1596.
  • 1986 yilinda acilmis ve tam kapasitede kullanildiginda 450 kisi kapasiteye cikabilen ve royal shakespeare theatre ile ayni binada yer alan tiyatro sahnesi.
  • For more information about plays that have been performed in the Swan Theatre go to the RSC Performance Database and search for the venue “Swan”.
  • The Swan Theatre temporarily closed in 2007 as part of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre Transformation project, reopening on 24 February 2011.
  • The Swan Theatre was designed by Henry Gorst and was, at the time, the first theatre in England specifically designed with disabled patrons in mind.
  • Built by Francis Langley in the mid 1590s in the Paris Gardens area in the west of Bankside, The Swan was the most impressive of London’s theatres when...