1. Shakespeare's Globe in May
2003
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21 New Globe Walk
Southwark, London
England, United Kingdom
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The Shakespeare Globe Trust
1997
The Globe

2. The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated
with William Shakespeare, and was destroyed by fire on
29 June 1613. A second Globe Theatre was built on the
same site by June 1614 and closed in 1642.
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3. It was built in 1599 by
Shakespeare's playing company,
the Lord Chamberlain's Men, on
land owned by Thomas Brend and
inherited by his son, Nicholas
Brend and grandson Sir Matthew
Brend. A modern reconstruction of
the Globe, named "Shakespeare's
Globe", opened in 1997
approximately 750 feet from the
site of the original theatre.

4. • The Globe theatre was built
predominantly of timber and had a
thatched roof.
• There were three tiers of roofed
galleries with balconies.
• The seats in each of the three
levels of galleries were tiered with
three rows of wooden benches.
• The theatre held more than 1500
people.
• There was one entrance.

5. The Globe Theatre had used a cannon for several years. A
canon had been used for special effects for several years
without any problems. The cannon was situated inside the
roof, in the attic, close to the thatched roof. The cannon was
loaded with gunpowder and wadding. The Globe theatre
fire accident occurred on 29 June 1613. The canon was
fired during a performance of a play about King Henry
VIII. Sparks from the cannon fire landed on the thatched
roof starting a massive fire.

6. In 1642 the parliament ordered the theatres
to close. Like all other theatre, it had to close
down. The cause of this was that the
Puritans had been gaining power and at this
point civil war broke out between the
parliamentarians--who were Puritan--and
the Royalists. The Puritans already had
problems with the theatre, and saw it as base
and feared that the amusement offered there
would spread immorality.