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During a performance of the play Henry VIII on 29 June 1613 they used a cannon as a ceremonial sound effect. When the cannon fired it hit the thatched roof and the flames caught on and it burned down. The theatre was rebuilt the next year with a less flammable tile roof.

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During a performance of the play Henry VIII on 29 June 1613 they used a cannon as a ceremonial sound effect. When the cannon fired it hit the thatched roof and the flames caught on and it burned down. The theatre was rebuilt the next year with a less flammable tile roof.

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