ALT Screenshot reading: What might visitors to Bankside in the 1530s, 1580s or 1620s have expected from a good day out? This talk will take you on a tour through the entertainment hub that developed on Bankside from the early 16th century, and explore the spatial, social and commercial contexts for an enterprise like the Rose, which was one of many local leisure enterprises. You will encounter riotous audiences who demanded ‘best of’ compilations from their favourite dramas, celebrity bears and giant, pyrotechnic roses. Join us to learn about where a single penny or two might have taken you 400 years ago, and how the fun on offer on Bankside drew from old May Game celebrations and innovative early theatrical projects elsewhere in London and beyond. Together we will discover how Henslowe’s Rose fitted into England’s dynamic entertainment scene. BIO Callan Davies works in early modern literary, cultural and theatre history. His new book, What is a Playhouse? England at Play, 1520-1620, is

ALT Collage with Elizabethan house in centre surrounded cartoons of fencers, a compass, a couple in Tudor dress, a Tudor rose, an image of Shakespeare, a VR headset, a chain, a bear, paw prints, and a lute, with text, “Explore Shakespeare’s Rochester.”

ALT Red pattern background with Elizabethan style brick house and text on left reading “February 14th, Free entry, 1-5pm, Virtual exploration, fencing, live performamce. Two logos of a beae reading box office bears and another readinfmg Designed by Esther.