Globe Theater
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 | Globe Theater |
| Designer | unknown |
| Location | Southwark, Greater London, England, United Kingdom |
| Date | 1599 to 1614 |
| Building Type | theater |
| Climate | temperate |
| Context | urban |
| Architectural Style | Elizabethan English Vernacular |
| Street Address | |
| Notes | Shakepeare's theater. Round (perhaps octagonal), with a thrust stage into the center of the hall. |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/Globe_Theater.html |
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The original Globe Theatre, where many of Shakespeare's plays were presented for the first time, was damaged in a fire in 1613, and destroyed in the English Civil War of 1643. The historical threater was recently reconstructed on a site near the location of the original, and the new Globe Theater is in regular use for live theatrical performances.
— Andrew Gumbel, London, p334.
Built in 1599 to house Shakespeare's company, The King's Men, and burnt to the ground when the thatch caught alight during a performance of Henry VII in 1613, the Globe was rebuilt in the 1990s due to the inspiration of Sam Wanamaker.
— Jane Greenwood
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References
Andrew Bumbel. London. Cadgoan Books plc. ISBN 1-86011-019-3. discussion, p334-335.— A witty and in-depth guide to London. Available at Amazon.com
Michael Leapman. London : Eyewitness Travel Guide. DK Publishing, Inc. ISBN 0-7894-4890-4. axonomoteric cutaway rendering, p20-21.— An excellent London travel guide with great maps and illustrations. Available at Amazon.com
J. R. Mulryne (Editor), Margaret Shewring (Editor), Andrew Gurr (Editor), RonnieMulryne. Shakespeare's Globe Rebuilt. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, July 1997. ISBN 0-5215-9988-1. Find it at Amazon.com
External Links
Globe Theater Pages — at the University of Reading - lots of info on both the old and new Globe Theaters!
Globe Theater Project — By Larry Martin
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