Who built the Red Lion playhouse in Stepney in 1567?
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Correct answer: C. John Brayne
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The grocer John Brayne built the short-lived Red Lion (1567), the first purpose-built Elizabethan playhouse. In 1576 he partnered his brother-in-law James Burbage in The Theatre.
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