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There were two of them: the Blackfriars Theatre and The Globe theatre. They have reconstructed the Globe near the original site in London. It's something to see. And they do performances there, just as they did in Shakespeare's time. If you are going to London, I suggest going to a performance there. It's something you will never forget and you will appreciate Shakespeare much more.
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∙ 13y agoA theater farther up the Thames river called The Rose and another even further west called the Swan were the Globe's main competition south of the river. The main competitors of the Lord Chamberlain's men, the Lord Admiral's men, built a large and imposing theatre in Shoreditch north of London in 1600 called the Fortune, which was the biggest competition the Globe had. There were a number of other playhouses as well, the Red Bull (Shoreditch), the Boar's Head (Clerkenwell) and the Hope (also in Southwark and a rival to the Globe, but built in 1614 after Shakespeare's day)
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∙ 12y agoMembers of The Lord Chamberlain's Men built the Globe playhouse in 1599 at which time it was the largest theatre in London. Their rivals, the Lord Admiral's Men, built an even bigger playhouse, The Fortune, in 1600.
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What were the involvements of Shakespeare in the Globe Theatre?
He owned one-eighth of it.
Which theater did William Shakespeare half own?
Shakespeare did not own half of any theatre. He owned one-eighth of two theatres, the Globe and the Blackfriars.
Who was Shakespeare's boss?
For the most productive part of his life, Shakespeare was his own boss, or rather was one of his own bosses. The theatre company and the Globe theatre were owned by a partnership or "sharers", all of whom had a say in how the business was run.
What was shakespeares theatre in stratford-upon-Avon called?
Shakespeare did not have a theatre in Stratford. There's one there now, The Royal Shakespeare Theatre where the Royal Shakespeare Company plays, but there wasn't one in Shakespeare's day.
Was plays always at night in the globe theatre?
Plays were not performed at night in the Globe Theatre (that is, the one Shakespeare owned shares in), because it was too large to be lit with artificial light, and being an open-air theatre, it would get cold at night, even in summer. Plays were generally performed at the Globe in the late afternoon.The Blackfriars, the other theatre which Shakespeare owned shares of, was an indoor theatre and was lit with candles. Plays could be, and were, performed in the evening.
What were the involvements of Shakespeare in the Globe Theatre?
He owned one-eighth of it.
Which theater did William Shakespeare half own?
Shakespeare did not own half of any theatre. He owned one-eighth of two theatres, the Globe and the Blackfriars.
Who was Shakespeare's boss?
For the most productive part of his life, Shakespeare was his own boss, or rather was one of his own bosses. The theatre company and the Globe theatre were owned by a partnership or "sharers", all of whom had a say in how the business was run.
William Shakespeare was a shareholder at what theater?
He owned a small share (about one-tenth) in The Globe theatre and the Blackfriars Theatre, where his plays (and those of many other playwrights) were performed.
What was the theater that was nicknamed Shakespeare's theatre?
There isn't one. Oh, people talk about the first Globe as being Shakespeare's Theatre (although he only owned a minor part of it) but that was not its nickname at the time it actually existed. People at the time associated the Globe with the Burbages (who really did own it) not Shakespeare.
What was shakespeares theatre in stratford-upon-Avon called?
Shakespeare did not have a theatre in Stratford. There's one there now, The Royal Shakespeare Theatre where the Royal Shakespeare Company plays, but there wasn't one in Shakespeare's day.
Was plays always at night in the globe theatre?
Plays were not performed at night in the Globe Theatre (that is, the one Shakespeare owned shares in), because it was too large to be lit with artificial light, and being an open-air theatre, it would get cold at night, even in summer. Plays were generally performed at the Globe in the late afternoon.The Blackfriars, the other theatre which Shakespeare owned shares of, was an indoor theatre and was lit with candles. Plays could be, and were, performed in the evening.
Why was shakespeare theatre closed in 1592and what happend to it in 1613?
There was no "Shakespeare Theatre" in either 1592 or 1613. Shakespeare did not own any part of any theatre until 1599. In 1599, Shakespeare's associates Richard and Cuthbert Burbage, who did own a theatre, wanted to build a new theatre to solve some of their legal problems. They therefore arranged to use parts of their old theatre to build the new one, but they needed some cash to buy supplies. Enter Shakespeare and some other guys who put some money into the Burbages' new theatre in exchange for a cut of the profits. It was this new theatre, the Globe Theatre, which burned down on June 29, 1613 during the performance of one of Shakespeare's plays. To the people back then, the Globe would have been the "Burbage Theatre" since Richard Burbage was more famous than Shakespeare and actually owned a large chunk of it.
What did Shakespeare do when he became shareholder in the globe?
Shakespeare owned a 12.5% share in the Globe and also in the Blackfriars, the other theatre he partly owned.
What was the legal status of Shakespeare's theater?
Your question is not clear. If you mean by "Shakespeare's theatre" the theatrical profession in Shakespeare's day, it was legal provided that the theatrical company was under the patronage of a member of the nobility or royalty. Without such a patron, a company of actors were "masterless men" and might be arrested as vagabonds and vagrants. If you mean by "Shakespeare's theatre" a theatre Shakespeare played in, there were a lot of them, with different legal arrangements. The Theatre was owned by James Burbage, but the land under it wasn't. When the landlord decided he didn't like plays he locked people out of the theatre. The Rose was owned by Philip Henslowe, and he also owned the land it was on. Henslowe appears to have also owned Newington Butts Theatre. Burbage may have owned The Curtain playhouse. Shakespeare acted in all these playhouses. When James Burbage died his sons Richard and Cuthbert inherited the Theatre but couldn't do anything with it because of the lockout. When the landlord was away, they hired a carpenter, Peter Street, to take down The Theatre and move the timbers to a new location south of the River Thames. In order to finance the building of a new theatre they took on four investors, each of whom was to own a one-eighth share in the new playhouse, to be called the Globe, which was opened in 1599. The Globe was therefore run by a partnership, in which there were major partners (the Burbages) and minor partners (one of whom was Shakespeare). The landlord of the property where the Theatre had been built was unsurprisingly furious and sued the Burbages, but the court held that the theatre building belonged to the Burbages and not to their landlord, and that they were within their rights to take it away. Legally speaking, the court held that the theatre was a chattel, not a fixture.
What theatre did shakespeare buy a shere of and whick one?
Shakespeare had a share of the Lord Chamberlain's Men / The Kings Men acting company, and he owned shares in the public playhouse, the Globe, and the private playhouse, Blackfriars.
When was Shakespeare's theater closed?
There is no one theatre which can be identified as "Shakespeare's theatre". Shakespeare performed in a number of different theatres, although most particularly in the two he owned a share in. In any case, the main reasons for theatre closures applied to all the theatres whether they had something to do with Shakespeare or not. There were two of these: all London theatres were periodically closed for a relatively short time for health reasons, and all London theatres were permanently closed in 1642 by law.
