Why was the globe theater called the globe theater?

Answer 1

It was not called the Globe Theatre because it is shaped like a globe, since it was not that shape. It was in fact the same shape as the theatres called The Theatre, The Curtain, The Rose, The Swan and The Hope. The reason it was called the Globe is because the audience could see "all the world" on the stage there. Shakespeare frequently compared the world to a stage.

The GlobeThe metaphor of the theater as a whole world in itself runs throughout Shakespeare. 'The Globe' was probably a reference to the fact that the actors create a world for the audience.

The globe would hang a flag up when a play was on. The globe was very noisy even when a play was on, there were often riots and fights.

It is a reference to the Shakespeare quote, "All the World's a Stage…"