Globe Theatre Research Paper
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
Shakespeare's plays have amazed many generations with his superior vocabulary and compelling characters and plot. Shakespeare's plays would not be nearly as well known or rejoiced if it wasn't for the Globe Theatre, a revolutionary (at the time) design that made it easy for the audience to see the performance. The theatre unfortunately was burnt on June 29, 1663 was rebuilt on June 1964, but more on that later. The Globe was Shakespeare's first theatre for the company he worked for; they built it just for their playwright's which at the time was amazing. Shakespeare had a love for the theatre and felt that the building of the Globe Theatre many more people would be able to enjoy it also, and he was right.
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Also it is called that because Shakespeare was the most known playwright that had his plays performed there. The Globe Theatre's popularity was so great at the time that the Theatre was known throughout the world by the 1900's. Unfortunately the theatre burnt down on June 29, 1963 during the play Henry the Eighth. A cannon fired too early setting the wooden beams and thatching on fire, according to the records that survived the fire one man died by trying to put out his pants with a bottle of Ale. Thus is the reason a second Globe Theatre was built in June 1614, 28 years later the theatre closed for safety reasons. The theatre design was an extraordinary design which revolutionized today's live theatre. There was a balcony, floor seating, trap doors on the ceiling and floor, and there was Elizabethan architecture. The crowd had a 180 degrees view of the play depending on where they were sitting. The actors had a hard time making their voices heard because of the huge theatre, the theatre sat 3,000 people. Unlike today's live theatres back then there were no stagehands or special effects like lighting. The theatre had many built in a likeness to it, in Italy, Czech Republic, Japan, Germany, and
Shakespeare's plays have amazed many generations with his superior vocabulary and compelling characters and plot. Shakespeare's plays would not be nearly as well known or rejoiced if it wasn't for the Globe Theatre, a revolutionary (at the time) design that made it easy for the audience to see the performance. The theatre unfortunately was burnt on June 29, 1663 was rebuilt on June 1964, but more on that later. The Globe was Shakespeare's first theatre for the company he worked for; they built it just for their playwright's which at the time was amazing. Shakespeare had a love for the theatre and felt that the building of the Globe Theatre many more people would be able to enjoy it also, and he was right.
The …show more content…
Also it is called that because Shakespeare was the most known playwright that had his plays performed there. The Globe Theatre's popularity was so great at the time that the Theatre was known throughout the world by the 1900's. Unfortunately the theatre burnt down on June 29, 1963 during the play Henry the Eighth. A cannon fired too early setting the wooden beams and thatching on fire, according to the records that survived the fire one man died by trying to put out his pants with a bottle of Ale. Thus is the reason a second Globe Theatre was built in June 1614, 28 years later the theatre closed for safety reasons. The theatre design was an extraordinary design which revolutionized today's live theatre. There was a balcony, floor seating, trap doors on the ceiling and floor, and there was Elizabethan architecture. The crowd had a 180 degrees view of the play depending on where they were sitting. The actors had a hard time making their voices heard because of the huge theatre, the theatre sat 3,000 people. Unlike today's live theatres back then there were no stagehands or special effects like lighting. The theatre had many built in a likeness to it, in Italy, Czech Republic, Japan, Germany, and