What are facts about the globe theater?

Answer 1

Old Globe Theatre

1. Built in 1599

2. Was in Southwark in London on southbank of River Thames

3. Was built in the style of the roman coliseum

4. Could hold up to 3000 people

5. There was a fire on June 29th 1613
1. 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. After The fire, the building was found quite a lot later and was fully rebuilt in 1998.

2. Many Londoners were strict Protestants - Puritans in fact, who hated the theatres. Many of the people they attracted and in 1596 London's authorities banned the public presentation of plays and all theatres within the city limits of London. All theaters located in the City were forced to move to the South side of the River Thames.

3. 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.

4. Many of the boy actors died of poisoning due to the vast quantities of lead in their make-up.

5. The Puritans ended the Globe Theatre. In 1642 the Puritan Parliament issued an ordinance suppressing all stage plays. The Puritans demolish the Globe Theatre in 1644.

6. The site of the old Globe theatre was rediscovered in the 20th century and a reconstruction of a New Globe Theatre has been built near the spot.

Answer 2

1. Built in 1599, using timbers from The Theatre.

2. The first theatre actually owned by an acting company: The Lord Chamberlain's Men, one of whom was William Shakespeare.

3. Burned down in 1613 during a performance of Henry VIII, then rebuilt.

4. Torn down in 1644 after theatres were outlawed in 1642.

5. A modern replica has been built and is in use.

• the globe was built in 6 months between 1597 and 1598

• the theatre held more than 1500 people

• the roof was thatched and the walls were timber

• there was only one entrance

• there were over 150 escape doors if a animal came loose

BY LAURYN G

Answer 3

• it had a 3000 audience capacity
• it was built by Peter Smith, a carpenter, and his workforce
• flags were put out on the day of the performance to show what type of play it was-

  black meant tragedy

  white meant comedy

  red meant history

• a Trumpet was sounded to inform the village that the play was about to begin
• no women were aloud to work as actors - all female parts were played by young men

Answer 4

• The First Globe Theatre was built in 1599.
• The theatre held more than 1500 people-it was a huge building-made of timber and with thatched roofs.
• There was one entrance.
• The First Globe burned down on June 29, 1613 during a performance of Shakespeare's play Henry VIII. The entire audience was safely evacuated.

Answer 5

The wall behind the stage of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, which opened in 1997, has what is called a "concealment space" or inner stage, being essentially a recess in the wall, hidden from view by tapestries. The tapestries were made in New Zealand and portray Venus and Adonis, Hercules and Atlas, who is bearing the Globe to remind us of the theatre's name. The concealment space lies in the centre of the wall, and is flanked by the two doors to the tiring house and surmounted by the balcony or upper stage.

Answer 6

People who want to watch plays at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre (the modern reproduction made in 1997 of the original Globe Theatre built by Peter Street for Richard Burbage in 1599) can either stand in "The Pit" or sit in the galleries which surround the Pit like a wooden O. The gallery seats unlike the Pit are roofed to protect against rain. There are three stories of seats and three ranges or degrees of seats in each story. The spectators are protected from falling by 315 wooden balisters, each one of which was hand-made on an Elizabethan pole lathe.

Answer 7

Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, which opened in 1997, is a replica of the Globe Theatre built in 1599 by Peter Street for Richard Burbage. It has a thrust stage, which is a stage surrounded on three sides by audience. On the fourth side is a wall with doors on either side opening onto the stage. In this wall, the same width as the stage, is a balcony which I assume is what you mean by "upper stage". The balcony is supported by two square posts in the centre and by two pairs of square posts at the sides above the doors to the main stage. The two centre posts have statues of the muses of Comedy and Tragedy standing before them. On the walls to the side of the balcony are painted images of the gods Apollo and Mercury.

Answer 8

it was owned by lots of people including shakespear could hold up to 3000 people

Answer 9

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