A 600-year-old doorway that may have once led to Shakespeare's dressing room has been unearthed by archaeologists at one of the UK's oldest working theatres.
The archway was found in St George's Guildhall, in King's Lynn, Norfolk, during archaeological investigations at the theatre, after an unusual shape was identified in a wall.
The venue's creative director Tom FitzHingham said that this archway is thought to be the door to the ‘guild robing room’ – a private room where visiting actors could change into their costumes and store props. He told The Stage that the door would have been built in the 1390s, ‘and would still have been in use when Shakespeare walked through the door.’
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