The Globe Theatre by Mary HubPages

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The World of Shakespeare The Globe Theater Diagram

The concept of building a scaffold with three levels of galleries surrounding a circular yard mimicked the arrangement for audiences of existing bearbaiting and bullbaiting houses. The stage, a platform mounted in the yard, was the kind of thing that traveling companies set up in inn yards. map of London's theatres c. 1600 London theatres (c. 1600). At this time, officially approved playhouses and officially approved acting companies had been in existence in London for only five years. The Lord Chamberlain's Men was one of only two companies licensed to perform within the London city limits. OVERVIEW Shakespeare called his theatre a 'wooden O' and like his historic playhouse our Globe Theatre is a 360° auditorium. With no roof over the central yard, the theatre is open-air and audiences who attend performances and tours are told to dress for the weather! Events will go ahead in rain, shine and snow. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. In 1599 the Globe Theatre was built in London, England, for the acting company of William Shakespeare. The theater became famous because Shakespeare's plays were put on there.

THE GLOBE THEATRE

Watch on The stages of the Globe being built, from brick foundations and the wooden frame, to the roof being thatched and the walls plastered. What plays were performed at the Globe? Probably the first Shakespeare play to be performed at the Globe was Julius Caesar, in 1599. Some other Shakespeare plays first performed there are: As You During the fateful performance of Henry VIII on 29 June 1613, the cannon announcing the unexpected arrival of the king at the end of Act 1 set fire to the thatched roof, and within an hour the Globe burned to the ground. Everyone escaped safely, save for one man whose breeches reportedly caught fire. Above is a basic diagram laying out the different parts of the theater. The Globe's stage ( obviously the central focus of the presentation) is located in front of the pit with the surrounding galleries of different elevations wrap around the stage concentrically. The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare.It was built in 1599 at Southwark, close to the south bank of the Thames, by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men.It was destroyed by fire on 29 June 1613. A second Globe Theatre was built on the same site by June 1614 and stayed open until the London theatre closures of 1642.

The Globe Theatre by Mary HubPages

A Globe Theatre diagram, designed before the construction of the theatre, shows it as a circular building with steep walls and a thatched roof. Inside, a stage stood at the centre of an open yard and three-tiered seating areas were built into the high walls that surrounded the stage. The tiered seats could hold up to 3,000 people and another. Globe Theatre, London theatre in which the plays of William Shakespeare were performed after 1599. It was built by two brothers, Cuthbert and Richard Burbage; half the shares were kept by the Burbages, and the rest were assigned equally to Shakespeare and other members of the Chamberlain's Men.The wooden theatre, built in the shape of an O with no roof over the central area, was destroyed by. The Globe Theatre was constructed in 1599, out of timber taken from the Theatre. It stood next to the Rose, on the south side of the Thames, and was the most elaborate and attractive theatre yet built. The Globe was designed and constructed for the Chamberlain's Men by Cuthbert Burbage, son of the Theatre's creator, James Burbage.. Shakespeare's Swan Theatre. After the old Globe Theatre was built in early 1599 the first production was As You Like It, followed by works by Shakespeare, Jonson, Beaumont, Fletcher, and others. In 1613, during a performance of Henry VIII, a cannon went off to mark the entrance of the king, and a stray spark set the thatch roof aflame.

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Shakespeare's company erected the storied Globe Theatre circa 1598 in London's Bankside district. It was one of four major theatres in the area, along with the Swan, the Rose, and the Hope. The open-air, octagonal amphitheater rose three stories high with a diameter of approximately 100 feet, holding a seating capacity of up to 3,000 spectators. Globe Theatre Fact 1. The Globe Theatre was built between 1597 and 1599 in Southwark on the south bank of London's River Thames, funded by Richard Burbage and built by carpenter Peter Smith and his workers. Read more about building the old Globe Theatre.