The Salisbury Court Playhouse was located in the neighbourhood of Salisbury Court, once the residency of the Bishop of Salisbury. Salisbury Court Playhouse converted from a barn or granary in the grounds of Dorset House, "a new faire Play-house" founded by Edward Sackville, 4th Earl of Dorset, in 1629. Successor to the earlier Whitefriars Theatre, the Salisbury Court Playhouse remains one of the mystery's of the Stuart theatre age. The little we do know is William Blagrave and Richard Gunnell built the Salisbury at a cost of £1,000, Salisbury Court was the last theatre to be built before the closing of the theatres in 1642, during the Puritan era. Samuel Pepys records visiting it several times in his diary for early 1661. His famous Diary provides information on the plays acted at the Salisbury immediately after the theatres re-opened. The building burned down in the Great Fire of London in 1666, being replaced by the Dorset Gardens Theatre built by Sir Christopher Wren.

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