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Shakespeare didn't build it. He worked in it and contributed a portion of the building costs but he did not build it. The owners were Richard and Cuthbert Burbage and the builder was Peter Street. Apart from investing some money in the project, Shakespeare had nothing to do with the construction.The creators of the new Globe (Shakespeare's Globe Theatre which opened in 1996) did extensive research in order to create as near an exact replica of the original 1599 Globe as the scarcity of data and the intrusiveness of modern fire codes would permit. The building had twelve sides arranged in a circle with a space in the centre, eleven of which were two-story sections, roofed with thatch, which housed seating for the audiences. Access to the upper story was by way of staircase towers built outside of the theatre. The space in the middle was unroofed and was build to drain rain water to a central point and thence away by means of an underground pipe. The twelfth side contained the tiring house (dressing rooms and costume repair) as well as prop and script storage and green rooms. It gave out onto the stage which jutted out from the twelfth wall into the open space in the centre of the theatre. It was roofed with a massive roof supported by two huge pillars. The roof could be accessed from the tiring house wall and contained a trap door so that actors could be lowered from it on a rope. There was a trap door in the stage as well, which could be accessed from the tiring house by tunnels under the stage. The wall of the tiring house had entrances right and left to the stage with a curtained recess or "concealment space" between them. On the second story of the tiring house was a shallow balcony over the stage. There were no toilet facilities in the original Globe, and concessions consisted of young women moving about the crowd selling nuts, beer and Oranges. There was only one exit in the original Globe, the better to keep out people who wanted to sneak in without paying, but fire regulations required that the modern Globe have more exits. Notwithstanding having only one exit, nobody was injured when the original Globe caught fire during a performance and the entire audience (probably over 1000 people) had to leave by that one door. One man's clothes caught fire, but a quick-thinking person nearby doused it with a glass of beer.I recommend that you Google images of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre to get an idea of what it looked like.
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What did the Globe Theatre look like on the outside?
The new Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London, which is about twenty years old, was designed to look as much as possible like the Globe Theatre built in 1599. If you look for images of that theatre you will see what it looked like.
What is the New Globe Theatre?
It is called Shakespeare's Globe, and is built on the south bank of the Thames river in Southwark, not far from where the Globe Theatre Shakespeare acted in was located. Shakespeare's Globe was built in 1997 and attempts to be an accurate representation of what an Elizabethan open-air theatre would be like, with some exceptions: there is a fire control system in the thatched roof, there is more than one door for people to enter and exit, and there are bathrooms. Shakespeare's Globe is a successful and popular venue, not only for Shakespeare's plays, but for other forms of drama as well.
What did the Shakespeare theatre look like?
a globe
Did queen elizabeth like the theatre?
yes she enjoyed it. the first theater was built under her reign(the Globe) and she had Shakespeare's plays performed there.
In what outdoor theater did Shakespeare's present most of his plays?
Shakespeare was part owner of two theatres, The Globe Theatre and The Blackfriars. He called the Globe Theatre the Wooden "O" in his play Henry V because it was built almost circular with an open courtyard in the middle. The Blackfriars was an indoor theatre, designed very much like theatres today with a thrust stage and seating both on the floor and in galleries.The Globe Theater.
What was it like to watch a play in the globe theatre?
You can find out by attending a play at Shakespeare's Globe in London or in another replica of an Elizabethan theatre.
What theater is considered William Shakespeare theater?
There may be theatres in the world called The William Shakespeare Theatre, but if so none of them are famous. The Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-on-Avon, built in 1932 but renovated in 2010, and Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, built in 1997 in Southwark near the site of the original Globe, are both famous modern theatres named after Shakespeare. The Theatre most associate with Shakespeare is the Globe Theatre, which was built in 1599 after Shakespeare had been a playwright for about ten years and had already written some of his most famous and best-loved works including Romeo and Juliet, the eight Wars of the Roses plays, The Taming of the Shrew, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. His acting company had previously used the Theatre and later the Curtain for their home base, but they moved to the Globe after it was built. The First Globe saw the premieres of the great tragedies Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello and Lear, the Roman plays, the darker comedies and the Romances like the Tempest. Shakespeare was an actor through all of this time, retiring from the stage at about the same time as the First Globe was destroyed by fire in 1613. Although Shakespeare owned a share in the Globe, he was not a major shareholder nor was he the most important person in his acting company. None of his contemporaries would have regarded the Globe as William Shakespeare's theatre; it was clearly Richard Burbage's.
Why did people like the Globe Theatre?
Shakespeare's plays took place there.
Who wrote the plays at the globe theatre?
The plays at the Globe Theatre were primarily written by William Shakespeare. He was a prominent playwright and poet of the English Renaissance, and many of his works were performed at the Globe, which was built in 1599 by the Lord Chamberlain's Men, the acting company to which he belonged. In addition to Shakespeare, other playwrights like Ben Jonson and Christopher Marlowe also had their works performed there. However, Shakespeare's plays remain the most famous and frequently associated with the theatre.
What is the name of the recreated theatre from Shakespeare 's time in London?
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, completed in 1996, is an attempt to create an almost faithful reproduction of what we think the Globe Theatre which was built in 1599 looked like. I say "almost faithful" because in order to be used as a public theatre, it had to conform to fire regulations, and the people who make such regulations do not give a fig for historical accuracy.
What was the name of Shakespeare's theater theater?
Shakespeare was part owner of two theatres, The Globe Theatre and The Blackfriars. He called the Globe Theatre the Wooden "O" in his play Henry V because it was built almost circular with an open courtyard in the middle. The Blackfriars was an indoor theatre, designed very much like theatres today with a thrust stage and seating both on the floor and in galleries.The Globe Theater.
Who preformed in the globe theatre?
The globe theater was Shakespeare's theater. Plays like Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet were peformed there.
