The Dream FactoryThe remarkable untold story of Shakespeare's first theatre the playhouse before the Globe In 1576, in a muddy field in Shoreditch, James Burbage erected London's first purpose built commercial playhouse. A place of high culture and quick profit, run by cunning dreamers, the Theatre for the first time offered London's players the chance to control what they staged. At a time when playgoing was held to be close to a sin, this entertainment factory was a