globe theatre

globe theatre

The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, and was destroyed by fire on 29 June 1613. A second Globe Theatre was built on the same site by June 1614 and closed in 1642.he Globe was built in 1599 using timber from an earlier theatre, The theatre, which had been built by Richard Burbage's father, James Burbage, in Shoreditch in 1576.t the base of the stage, there was an area called the pit, (or, harking back to the old inn-yards, yard) where, for a penny, people (the "groundlings") would stand on the rush-strewn earthen floor to watch the performance. During the excavation of the Globe in 1989 a layer of nutshells was found, pressed into the dirt flooring so as to form a new surface layer. Around the yard were three levels of stadium-style seats, which were more expensive than standing room.

The Globe Theatre In London

The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespear. It was built in 1599 by Shakespear's playing company, the Lord of Chamberlain's Men, was destroyed by a fire on 29th June 1613.James Burbage, owner of the Globe Theatre, moved the theatre to avoid paying higher rent.The Globe was too small to fit the theatregoers who came to see the play of the up-and-coming William Shakespear.

The Globe's actual dimensions are unknown, but its shape and size can be approximated from scholary inquiry over the last two centuries. The evidence suggestes that it was a three-storey, open-air amphitheatre approximately 100 feet (30 m) in a diameter that could house up to 3,000 spectators.

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Anisa Thakur

The Globe Theatre

The Globe theatre was built in London in 1599 by Shakespeare's playing company who were called the lord Chamberlain's men. The Globe theatre had 3,000 seats and there were people standing at the bottom ofd the seats were the poor people who couldn't afford the seats but the wealthier people sat down in either boxes or seats in balcony's. But the Globe theatre was burnt by fire on 29th June in 1613, however a new Globe theatre was rebuilt in the same place in June 1614 but closed in 1642. The play's started exactly at 2 o'clock because it would get dark fast and electricity wasn't discovered yet and when the play started a cannon would fire a signal to tell people that the play has started, there also bear fighting and cock fighting. There is a modern version of the theatre in London.

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The globe theatre

The globe was associated with william shakespeare it was built in 1599 by shakespeares playing company the lord chamberlains men and it was destroyed by the fire on june 29th 1613 a second globe was build in the same site in june 1614 and closed 1642 a modern recunstruction of the globe named shakespeare globe opened in 1997 approxamitely 250 meters (750 ft) from the site of the original theatre.

Globe THEATRE!

The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, and was destroyed by fire on 29 June 1613. A second Globe Theatre was built on the same site by June 1614 and closed in 1642.
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globe theatre

The globe theatre was built in 1599. But it was destroyed in a fire on 29 june 1613,a second globe theatre was built on the same site by june 1614 and closed in 1642.An modern reconstrution of the globe, named shakespare's globe opened in 1997. It is approximately 230 metres for the site of the original theatre.
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I corrected my mistakes miss crowley

Brilliant Hardev! :)

Globe Theatre

The Globe Theatre was opened in 1599, and rebuilt in 1614 and closed again in 1942. It is an Elizabethan Theatre. It can seat 3,000 people sitting and standing.

Homework 26th April 2011

Find out as much as you can about the Globe theatre in London. You can find out when it was built; what takes place there; who was closely related to it; what happened to it etc. Each student should find out at least four things and post them to the blog.  You can also comment on something someone else has said.

Here are some key words to help you :

• groundlings
• cutpurses
• actors
• the plague
• playwright