references would also be helpful
When was the first theater opened in england?
4897 BC in Brixton. jr
When was the first theater opened in england?opera mobile opera theater
The first proper theater as we know it was called the Theatre, built at Shoreditch, London in 1576 and the owner was James Burbage. James Burbage had obtained a 21 year lease with permission to build the first playhouse, aptly named ' The Theatre '. Before this time plays were performed in the courtyard of inns or inn-yards, or sometimes, in the houses of noblemen or in extreme circumstances on open ground. After the Theatre, further open air playhouses ( theaters ) opened in the London area, including the Rose Theatre (1587), and the Hope Theatre (1613). The most famous Elizabethan playhouse ( theater ) was the Globe Theatre (1599) built by the company in which Shakespeare had a stake - now often referred to as the Shakespearean Globe. The full history of the Elizabethan Theater with all its theaters, playhouses and inn-yards is available by clicking the Elizabethan Theatre link which provides comprehensive information about Elizabethan Inn-Yards, Theaters and Playhouses.
the first one was founded by the Romans in AD 43 in Colchester
That's big question. Most people would assume theatre in England originated in Elizabethan London with the likes of Shakespeare and Johnston, but there's a long tradition going back to at least the Romans.
You also have to consider the morality plays and masques and things like that.
I would suggest looking at the Cambridge History of British Theatre vol 1: Origins to 1660
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