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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent

London museum to use AI to let visitors walk on Shakespeare’s early stage

Computer-generated image of entrance to museum.
How completed the Museum of Shakespeare is expected to look when it opens next spring. Photograph: Cain International/PA

A London museum installation that uses the latest AI technology will allow theatre lovers to walk across the Elizabethan stage where Shakespeare performed as an actor and that may have staged the first performances of Romeo and Juliet and Henry V.

The Museum of Shakespeare is due to open in spring 2024 within the remains of the Curtain Playhouse, one of London’s earliest theatres. Based in Shoreditch, the playhouse was a social and cultural centre during Shakespeare’s time, hosting a variety of activities from plays to fencing matches.

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