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The Dream Factory : London's First Playhouse and the Making of William Shakespeare by Daniel Swift mcwilliam the brilliantly persuasive portrayal ofPublished 22 April 2025 The remarkable untold story of Shakespeares first theatre the playhouse before the Globe In 1576, in a muddy field in Shoreditch, James Burbage erected Londons first purpose built commercial playhouse. A place of high culture and quick profit, run by cunning dreamers, the Theatre for the first time offered Londons players the chance to control what they staged. At a time when playgoing was held to be close to a sin, this