Shakespeare Globe
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William Shakespeare
 He was born in Stratfordupon-Avon in 26th April 1564
and he died 23rd April 1616.
 He was an English poet and
playwright.
 He married Anne
Hathaway and had three
children Susanna, Hamnet
and Judith.
 Between 1585 and 1592,
he becan a successful career
in London as an actor,
writer, part owner of a
playing company. (Lord
Chamberlain’s Men)
Creation
 His early (1589-1613) plays
were mainly comedies and
histories.
 He then wrote mainly
tragedies.
 In his last phase, he wrote
tragicomedies, also known as
romances, and collaborated
with other playwrights.
 Tragedies: “Hamlet”, “King
Lear”, “Macbeth”, “Romeo and
Juliet”, “Othello” and others.
 Comedies: “All's Well That Ends
Well”, “As You Like It”, “The
Comedy of Errors “, ”Cymbeline”
and many more.
 Histories: “Richard II”, “Henry
IV” and more.
Location
Address
Maiden Lane (now Park Street) Southwark
The Globe
History
 The Globe was built in 1599
using timber from an earlier
theatre.
 The Globe was owned by actors
who were also shareholders in
Lord Chamberlain’s Men.
 On 28 December 1598 The
Theatre dismantled beam by
beam and transported it to
Street's waterfront warehouse
near Bridewell.
 On 29 June 1613 the Globe Theatre
went up in flames.
 It was rebuilt in the following year.
 Like all the other theatres in
London, the Globe was closed down
by the Puritans in 1642.
 A modern reconstruction of the
Globe, named “Shakespeare’s
Globe”, opened in 1997
Layout
The Globe's actual dimensions
are unknown.
 The evidence suggests that it
was a three-storey, open-air
amphitheatre approximately
100 feet (30 m) in diameter that
could house up to
3,000 spectators.
 The Globe is shown as round
on Wencesles Hollar’s sketch of
the building, hovever, in 198889 the Globe's foundation
suggested that it was a polygon
of 20 sides.
Fire
 On 29 June 1613 the Globe
Theatre went up in flames during a
performance of Henry the Eighth.
 A theatrical cannon, set off during
the performance, misfired, igniting
the wooden beams and thatching
 According to one of the few
surviving documents of the event,
no one was hurt except a man whose
burning breeches were put out with
a bottle of ale.
 It was rebuilt in the following
year.
Moving Globe
 The Burbages originally had a 21-year lease of the site on which The
Theatre was built but owned the building outright.
 However, the landlord, Giles Allen, claimed that the building had
become his with the expiry of the lease.
 On 28 December 1598, while Allen was celebrating Christmas at his
country home, carpenter Peter Street, supported by the players and
their friends.
 Dismantled The Theatre beam by beam and transported it to Street's
waterfront warehouse near Bridewell.
Facts About the
Globe
 The Globe Theater had a 1500 plus audience capacity. Up to 3000
people would flock to the theatre and its grounds.
 There was no heating in the Globe theatre. Plays were performed in the
summer months and transferred to the indoor playhouses during the
winter.
 The Globe was built in a similar style to the Coliseum, but on a smaller
scale - other Elizabethan Theatres followed this style of architecture they were called amphitheatres.
 Elizabethan theatres were also used for bear baiting, gambling and for
immoral purposes.
 Elizabethan theatres attracted huge crowds - up to 3000 people.
 Color coding was used to advertise the
type of play to be performed - a black flag
meant a tragedy , white a comedy and red a
history.
 A trumpet was sounded to announce to
people that the play was about to begin at
the Globe Theatre in order for people to
take their final places.
 During the height of the summer the
groundlings were also referred to as '
stinkards ' for obvious reasons.
 All theaters located in the City were forced
to move to the South side of the River
Thames.
 There were no actresses. Female characters
had to be played by young boys. The acting
profession was not a credible one and it was
unthinkable that any woman would appear
in a play.
 Many of the boy actors died of poisoning
due to the vast quantities of lead in their
make-up.
 The Globe would have particularly attracted
young people and the were many complaints
of apprentices avoiding work in order to go
to the theater.
Old and New
Exploited literature
 http://www.southwarkrosehotel.co.uk/images/SouthwarkMap.jpg
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globe_Theatre
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare
 http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/globe-theatre-facts.htm
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