A playhouse made of people
The first post went up beside the Thames in the spring of 1599, when the company carried its timbers across the river and made a new room for old stories. By opening day, the building had become an argument: a public stage could hold a groundling, a merchant, and a courtier in the same breath.
Nothing here is ornamental by accident. The oak rails tell the eye where to stand; the black type carries the plot to the street; the red mark says only that this performance is now. A playbill is small enough to nail up, yet loud enough to gather a crowd.