ABSTRACT
When the Lord Chamberlain’s Men moved south of the river and opened the Globe Theatre virtually next door to the Rose, it seemed as if Henslowe and Alleyn felt the competition might be too much. Immediately they began to negotiate for a plot of land north of the city, but further west than the Theatre and the Curtain, on Golden Lane. In December 1599, Alleyn paid to lease the plot for twenty-five years, and he and Henslowe turned to Peter Street, builder of the Globe, to construct a new theatre for them. Interestingly, when the Privy Council objected to the plan for the new theatre, the local residents opposed them, and begged for the theatre to be built. Apart from anything else, they knew the acting companies paid good poor relief.
