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Lisle's Tennis Court

Lisle's Tennis Court was a building off Portugal Street in Lincoln's Inn Fields in London. Originally built as a real tennis court, it was used as a playhouse during two periods, 1661–1674 and 1695–1705. During the early period, the theatre was called "the Duke's Playhouse", or "the...

 or Dorset Garden Theatre

Dorset Garden Theatre

The Dorset Garden Theatre in London, built in 1671, was in its early years also known as the Duke of York's Theatre, or the Duke's Theatre. In 1685, King Charles II died and his brother, the Duke of York, was crowned as James II. When the Duke became King, the theatre became the Queen's Theatre in...

, homes to the Duke's Company in 17th-century London.

The Dukes in Lancaster

Lancaster, Lancashire

Lancaster is the county town of Lancashire, England. It is situated on the River Lune and has a population of 45,952. Lancaster is a constituent settlement of the wider City of Lancaster, local government district which has a population of 133,914 and encompasses several outlying towns, including...

, England, formerly known as the Duke's Playhouse, is a professional producing theatre

Theatre

Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...

, currently producing six theatre productions a year. It also hosts outside companies and arts festivals. It has two auditoria, the larger (named "The Rake") seating approximately 313 and a newly refurbished studio theatre "The Round" seating approximately 240. The larger auditorium is also used for screening film

Film

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

s, and the theatre has a reputation for independent cinema. Since 1986 the Dukes has also produced annual open-air, walkabout theatre productions at Williamson Park

Williamson Park, Lancaster

Williamson Park is a park in Lancaster, England. Its focal point is the Ashton Memorial. The park was constructed by millionaire James Williamson, 1st Baron Ashton, and his father, also called James Williamson...

in the city every summer, thought to be the largest outdoor theatre event of its kind in the UK.

The theatre is housed in a converted church (formerly St Anne's Church), opening as a theatre in 1971.