Replica Theatres
The 1599 contract for building the Fortune Theatre was found in the papers of theatrical manager Philip Henslowe at Dulwich College. The contract gives some overall dimensions of the Fortune but there are no plans or elevations.
- The Elizabethan Stage at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, designed by Richard L. Hay, uses the dimensions from the contract but the stage's appearance and arrangements are speculation, as the original plans have never been found.
- A further replica is located at the University of Western Australia.
- The Waseda University Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum is also modelled after the playhouse.
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