Question: Which theatre is in the London Borough of Hackney and had a performance of The Birth of Merlin in the 1600s?
Context: The Curtain Theatre was an Elizabethan playhouse located in Hewett Street, Shoreditch (part of the modern London Borough of Hackney), just outside the City of London.  It opened in 1577, and continued staging plays until 1624. Leabridge is a ward in the London Borough of Hackney and roughly corresponds to the Lea Bridge district of London, and is distinct from the Lea Bridge ward in the neighbouring London Borough of Waltham Forest.  It is part of Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency.  The ward has existed since the creation of the borough on 1 April 1965 and was first used in the 1964 elections. Manor House is a district of North London and part of the London Borough of Hackney.  It lies immediately east of Finsbury Park, north of Stoke Newington, west of Stamford Hill and Seven Sisters, south of Harringay and northwest of Hackney.  It is in the northwest part of the London Borough of Hackney. Hackney Wick is an area of east London in the London Borough of Hackney and Tower Hamlets, adjacent to the boundary with Old Ford in Tower Hamlets.  It is an inner-city development situated 5 miles (8 km) northeast of Charing Cross.  West of its area, and with greater tube access, lies Hackney Central, the historic centre of Hackney Borough. The SE (South Eastern) postcode area, also known as the London SE postcode area, is the part of the London post town covering part of south-east London, England.  It loosely corresponds to the London Borough of Southwark, London Borough of Lewisham and Royal Borough of Greenwich, the northern part of the London Borough of Croydon, the eastern part of the London Borough of Lambeth, the western part of the London Borough of Bexley and the northwestern part of the London Borough of Bromley. Shoreditch High Street is the old main street of Shoreditch, London.  It is part of the A10 road and connects Norton Folgate to the south with Kingsland Road to the north.  It constitutes a segment of the Roman Ermine Street, which ran directly north from London to Lincoln and York.  The parish church of St Leonard's, Shoreditch is situated at the north-east end of the road at the crossroads where it meets with Hackney Road.  This part of the road is wholly within the London Borough of Hackney; below Boundary Street, the eastern side lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.  The high street enters the City of London at Norton Folgate. Hoxton is an area of East London, England and part of the London Borough of Hackney.  It is immediately north of the financial district of the City of London.  Hoxton forms the western part of Shoreditch, being part of the ancient parish and subsequent Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch prior to its incorporation into the London Borough of Hackney. The Birth of Merlin, or, The Child Hath Found his Father is a Jacobean play, probably written in whole or part by William Rowley.  It was first performed in 1622 at the Curtain Theatre in Shoreditch.  It contains a comic depiction of the birth of the fully grown Merlin to a country girl, and also features figures from Arthurian legend, including Uther Pendragon, Vortigern, and Aurelius Ambrosius. Hackney London Borough Council is the local government authority for the London Borough of Hackney, London, England, one of 32 London borough councils.  The council is unusual in the United Kingdom local government system in that its executive function is controlled by a directly elected mayor of Hackney, currently Philip Glanville of the Labour Party.  Hackney comprises 19 wards, each electing three Councillors. Following the May 2014 election, Hackney London Borough Council consists of 50 Labour Party councillors, four Conservative Party councillors and three Liberal Democrat councillors.  The council was created by the London Government Act 1963 whereby it replaced three local authorities: Hackney Metropolitan Borough Council, Shoreditch Metropolitan Borough Council and Stoke Newington Metropolitan Borough Council. The London Borough of Bexley is a London borough in south-east London, England.  It has common borders with the London Borough of Bromley to the south, the Royal Borough of Greenwich to the west, across the River Thames to the north it borders the London Borough of Havering, the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and there is a small boundary with the unitary authority of Thurrock in Essex to the north-east.  There is a border with Dartford borough to the east and Sevenoaks district to the south-east, both being in the ceremonial county of Kent.  The London Borough of Bexley is within the Thames Gateway, an area designated as a national priority for urban regeneration.  The local authority is Bexley London Borough Council.
Answer: Curtain Theatre