The Globe Theatre was an Elizabethan playhouse located in London on the south bank of the River Thames that was associated with William Shakespeare's playing company. It was built in 1599 and destroyed by fire in 1613, after which a second Globe Theatre was built on the same site. A modern reconstruction of the Globe, called Shakespeare's Globe, opened in 1997 just a few hundred feet from the original site. The Globe hosted many of Shakespeare's plays and was one of the most famous theaters of its time.

1. The Globe Theatre
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2. History of The Globe
 The Globe Theatre was a
theatre in London associated
with William Shakespeare. It
was built in 1599 by
Shakespeare's playing
company, the Lord
Chamberlain„s Men, and was
destroyed by fire on 29 June
1613. A second Globe Theatre
was rebuilt on the same site by
June 1614 and closed in 1642.
 A modern reconstruction of the
Globe, named "Shakespeare's
Globe", opened in 1997. It is
approximately 230 meters
(750 ft) from the site of the
original theatre.

3. History of The Globe
 The Globe was built in 1599 using timber from an earlier theatre,
The Theatre, which had been built by Richard Burbage's father,
James Burbage, in Shoreditch in 1576. 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. With
the onset of more favorable weather in the following spring, the
material was ferried over the Thames to reconstruct it as The Globe
on some marshy gardens to the south of Maiden Lane, Southwark.

4. History of The Globe
 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 pants
were put out with a bottle of
ale.

5.  Like all the other theatres in London, the Globe
was closed down by the Puritans in 1642 after it
was rebuilt in 1614. It was destroyed in 1644 to
make room for tenements.
 It was also closed during periods of plague.

6. History of The Globe
 Its exact location remained
unknown until remnants of its
foundations were discovered in
1989 beneath the car park of
Anchor Terrace on Park Street
(the shape of the foundations
is replicated in the surface of
the car park). Anchor Terrace
is a listed building and only
very limited excavation,
consisting of three small trial
pits, has been permitted at the
property. One original pier
base was identified.

9. Virtual Globe

10. – Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
– Imagine you could travel back to
Shakespeare's time and watch a
play at the Globe! It would be very
different from today. Read the
script below--between an
Elizabethan and a 21st-century
time traveler.
– (TT = time traveler, E =
Elizabethan.)
TT: Must we stand all the way through the play?
E: Yes, we've only paid a penny. We can't afford to sit in the gallery, nor on the stage!
TT: It smells in here. Oh, that's why we're called "penny stinkards"! It's crowded, too!
E: We all love plays so we all crowd in. At least the theaters close in the summer,
because the heat could help spread disease. It would be smelly then!
TT: I am hungry. Is that popcorn in that bag?
E: No, I don‟t know what popcorn is, but that is hazelnuts. Sometimes, we throw the shells at the
actors to show our displeasure. Would you like to share mine?

11. Virtual Globe
TT: Hey, there's no roof over those of us who are standing. What
happens if it rains?
E: We get wet! But it's a sunny afternoon. See the flag up there on
the thatched roof that covers those seats? It tells us the play is
about to start. You might hear a trumpet as well.
TT: Wait a minute . . . there's no scenery, no props and no curtain!
E: You'll have to listen carefully, so that you know what's happening.
The actors' words will tell you where the play is set, what time of
day or night it is, and what the weather is like. They might even
wear a few costumes, but don't expect many!
TT: How do we know what this, A Midsummer Night's Dream, is like?
E: Look at the backdrop. It's light-colored, so it's going to be a
comedy.

12. Virtual Globe
TT: How do we know when a scene has ended? Look, what's that in the stage
floor?
E: You'll hear two rhyming lines and that'll tell you, but you've got to listen
carefully! And that's a trapdoor, where witches and devils come from!
There's a balcony up there as well, see? Sometimes young lovers act their
parts on it!
TT: What about sound effects - like thunder and lightning?
E: Again, the words tell you, but if we're lucky there might be sound from a
drum.
TT: Who's that on stage? Is it starting?
E: He's a very rich man. He's bought a seat up there. He's almost part of the
play.
TT: We're really close to the stage. I'll almost be able to touch the actors. Isn't
that a boy?
E: Yes, young boys play female roles. Now, shhhh -- it's starting!

13. “Burning Pants.” Google Images. Google. November 2008
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“Globe Tour,” Clemson Shakespeare Festival. 2007. Clemson University: Clemson Digital Press.
15 October 2007
http://virtual.clemson.edu/caah/shakespr/VRGLOBE/index.php
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