The Rose is built by Philip Henslowe at Southwark, not far from the bear-baiting and bull-baiting arenas, in 1587. Eight years l
ater Francis Langley erects the Swan on a site nearby; and in 1596 Richard Burbage builds the Blackfriars Theatre, an indoor venue, although it does not open its doors until 1599. Most important of all, Shakespeare, Richard and Cuthbert Burbage, and their partners dismantle The Theatre and remove its beams to a new site at Southwark, where it is rebuilt in 1599 as the Globe. When Edward Alleyn builds the Fortune on the northern edge of the city in 1600, the array of Elizabethan theaters is complete. –The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England,
Ian Mortimer
Follow the chronological text structure to put the events in order.
Which theater was built first?
"The Rose" was the first Elizabethan theater built in 1587. Then "The Swan" followed in 1595, the "Blackfriars Theatre" in 1596, the "Globe" in 1599 and the "Fortune" in 1600.
In the excerpt, the author shows the establishment of Elizabethan theaters by listing in chronological order when several important theaters were built. In fact, a chronological text structure like the passage makes use of words or dates to help deduce the sequence of time.
