Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Swan was a theatre in Southwark, London, England, built in 1595 off of a previously standing structure, during the first half of William Shakespeare's career. It was the fourth in the series of large public playhouses of London, after James Burbage's The Theatre (1576) and Curtain (1577), and Philip Henslowe's Rose (1587–88). The Swan was located on the west end of the Bankside district of Southwark, across the River Thames from the City of London. It was at the northeast corner of the Paris Garden estate nearest to London Bridge that Francis Langley had purchased in May 1589, east of the manor house, and four hundred and twenty-six feet from the river's edge. Playgoers could arrive also by water landing at The Paris Garden Stairs or The Falcon Stairs, both short walking distances from the theater. The structure originally belonged to the Monastery of Bermondsey. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries it became royal property and passed through several hands before being sold to Langley for 850 .

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