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This deja vu episode of History Daily originally aired on June 29th, 2022.

It's a snowy day in December 1598 in London.

Several years before the end of Queen Elizabeth I's reign,

actor Richard Burbage chops into a wood column with his axe.

Richard is cold and tired, but his work is almost finished.

So he slams his axe into the wood again as hard as he can,

and Richard steps back.

The column comes crashing to the ground. A nearby group of axe-wielding Thesbian's

let out a cheer, then Richard and his fellow actors get back to chopping.

Richard is the leading man of London's most famous theatre troupe.

The Lord Chamberlain's men, but today Richard and his company aren't performing a play.

They're tearing down a building. The Lord Chamberlain's men recently lost the lease on their old

theatre. So Richard and other members of the troupe purchased a plot of land to build a new one.

But money is tight, and they can't afford lumber.

So Richard decided to knock down the old building and take the wood while the land lords out of town.

Soon a horse drawn wagon arrives on the scene.

The driver hops down and helps the actors load the lumber onto the back.

Richard surveys the scene and smiles.

They have brought down the theatre and the landlord has known the wiser.

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