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Heather Knight, MOLA, excavating the remains of The Curtain Theatre
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Heather Knight: spotlight blog

NameHeather KnightJob TitleSenior Archaeologist at MOLAWhat three traits define you?I question, I’m gregarious and I’m a team player. What is the one thing you cannot resist?A glass of Malbec, especially…

Heather Knight
Heather Knight is a Senior Archaeologist at MOLA, with a penchant for the playhouses of 16th century London.
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The future for London developments is embracing the past

London is a city defined by its past. The Tower of London, The London Dungeon, Westminster Abbey and the city’s numerous bridges, palaces and monuments attract tourists in their droves, all keen to experience…
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Jonathan Goldstein, Ed Vaizey and Heather Knight at the excavation of the Curtain Theatre
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Excavation of Shakespearean Theatre begins in Shoreditch

Archaeologists from MOLA have officially begun the detailed excavation of The Curtain Theatre, one of Shakespeare’s least historically documented playhouses, in London’s Shoreditch. The dig was officially…
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Shoreditch: the first theatre district

Before the famous productions of the West End, came London’s first theatre district, in Shoreditch, east London. The birthplace of modern theatre, the Shoreditch scene was located in ‘a pleasant meadow’ north…

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MOLA are an innovative archaeology and built heritage practice with 50 years of experience in the sector. The have carried out the detailed excavation of The Curtain Theatre at The Stage, Shoreditch.