The Globe Theatre Literature [presentation

student work
part of the unit referring to Shakespearean plays

1. The Globe Theatre(s) Evgenia Karagiannopoulou B’1

2. The Globes’ story built in 1599, at Southwark, close to the river Thames (built) by Shakespeare’s playing company, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men destroyed by a fire, in June 1613 a second Globe Theatre was built at the same spot, by June 1614 closed again due to the Long Parliament’s decision to close all theatres in London. (civil war) reconstructed , in a modern way, under the name of ‘Shakespeare’s Globe’ opened in 1997, to the public

3. The new Globe Theatre’s features A ‘roofless’, open-air theatre. Shape is an icosagon, a 20 sided polygon. Can hold 1,570 people, 700 standing and the rest seated. The twelve signs of the zodiac are painted on this roof over the stage (which we call ‘The Heavens’). Built from oak beams, lime-plaster walls and a water-reed thatched roof. The only thatched-roof building in London.

4. How multiple evidence suggests the old Globe Theatre looked like three-storey open-air amphitheatre approximately 100 feet in diameter could house up to 3.000 spectators rectangular stage platform(apron stage) approximately 43 feet (13m) in width -//- 27 feet (8m) in depth raised -//- 5 feet (1.5m) off the ground had a ‘trapdoor’, which led the performers beneath the stage had a balcony, which was incredibly useful for scenes in plays like ‘Romeo and Juliet ’

5. Sources Globe Theatre - Wikipedia Shakespeare's Globe