Ivor Rowlands outside the Guildhall of St George in King s Lynn
- Credit: Chris Bishop
Campaigners have vowed to press on with their vision of breathing new life into Britain s oldest working theatre despite its latest funding setback.
West Norfolk council included the restoration of the Guildhall of St George in a £21m bid for a share of the government s Future High Streets Fund to regenerate King s Lynn.
It comes after two applications for lottery funding to restore the 15th Century building, the last surviving theatre where Shakespeare performed, were also turned down.
Ivor Rowlands, founder and chair of the Shakespeare s Guildhall Trust (SGT), said: It s really very sad that King s Lynn has missed out on this opportunity, and it s tragic that the borough council has once again failed to secure funding for St George s Guildhall.