DISTANCES BETWEEN PLAYHOUSES:
an empirical study
In May of 2001 and again in June of 2002, I strapped a pedometer to my belt. My wife, in a wheelchair, kept time. Together, we walked the distances between the known locations of the Renaissance Playhouses. Here are the results.
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Note: this section is laid out geographically rather than chronologically
Thames River to Carter Lane-Length of Blackfriars Precinct
Blackfriars to Rosseter's Blackfriars/Porter's Hall/Puddle
Dock
Blackfriars to Whitefriars
Whitefriars to Salisbury Court
Whitefriars to Blackfriars via Bridewell Bridge
Blackfriars to St. Paul's Playhouse
St. Paul's Playhouse to the Phoenix/Cockpit
St. Paul's Playhouse to the Boar's Head Playhouse
St. Paul's/Bucklersbury (where John Brayne lived) to
Red Lion site
St. Paul's Playhouse to the Fortune Playhouse
The Fortune to the Red Bull Playhouse
St. Paul's Playhouse to the Original Globe site
Original Globe site to the Rose Playhouse Foundations
Rose Playhouse Foundations to the New Globe Theatre
Rose foundations to the site of the Hope foundations
Hope foundations to the approximate site of the Swan Playhouse
Rose Playhouse Foundations to the approximate site of the
Swan Playhouse
From the Thames at Puddle Dock up to Carter Lane/Creed Lane (length of Blackfriars Precinct)
Miles: 0.13
Strides Taken: 357
Time to Walk: 5 minutes 15 seconds
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Area of Blackfriars Playhouse to St. Anne's Church (area of Rosseter's Blackfriars)
Miles: 0.05
Strides Taken: 158
Time to Walk: 2 minutes 40 seconds
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Area of Blackfriars Playhouse to the area of Whitefriars Playhouse (North through Ludgate)
Strides Taken: 1260
Time to Walk: 18 minutes 35 seconds
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Area of the Whitefriars Playhouse to the area of Salisbury Court Playhouse
Strides Taken: 113
Time to Walk: 1 minute 50 seconds
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Area of Blackfriars Playhouse to the area of Whitefriars Playhouse (via area of Bridewell Bridge)
Strides Taken: 787
Time to Walk: 13 minutes 10 seconds
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Area of Blackfriars Playhouse to area of St. Paul's Playhouse
Miles: 0.22
Strides Taken: 600
Time to Walk: 9 minutes 50 seconds
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St. Paul's to the area of the Phoenix/Cockpit Playhouse in Drury Lane 
Strides Taken: 2379
Time to Walk: 39 minutes 50 seconds
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Paul's Playhouse site to the approximate site of the Boar's Head Playhouse
Miles: 0.73
Strides Taken: 1971
Time to Walk: 28 minutes 30 seconds
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Bucklersbury (where John Brayne lived) to the approximate site of the Red Lion playing area
Miles: 1.18
Strides Taken: 3214
Time to Walk: 37 minutes 14 seconds
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St. Paul's to the approximate site of the Fortune Playhouse
Miles: 0.42
Strides Taken: 1150
Time to Walk: 24 minutes 20 seconds
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Approximate site of the Fortune to the approximate site of the Red Bull Playhouse
Miles: 0.39
Strides Taken: 1061
Time to Walk: 15 minutes 53 seconds
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St. Paul's to site of the original Globe Playhouse via modern London Bridge
Miles: 1.03
Strides Taken: 2810
Time to Walk: 40 minutes 35 seconds
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Original Globe site to the site of the Rose Playhouse foundations
Miles: 0.02
Strides Taken: 78
Time to Walk: 58 seconds
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Rose foundations to site of modern Globe Playhouse (front entryway)
Miles: 0.08
Strides Taken: 239
Time to Walk: 3 minutes 57 seconds
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Rose foundations to the site of the Hope Playhouse foundations
Miles: 0.05
Strides Taken: 143
Time to Walk: 2 minutes 47 seconds
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Hope foundations to the approximate site of the Swan Playhouse
Miles: 0.13
Strides Taken: 378
Time to Walk: 8 minutes 8 seconds
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Rose foundations to the approximate site of the Swan Playhouse
Miles: 0.18
Strides Taken: 521
Time to Walk: 11 minutes 17 seconds
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