Holiday Homework: The Globe Theatre
Collaborative Research Project
Holiday Homework (Individual)
Why was it called “The Globe Theatre?”
The Globe Theatre was located in London and associated with William Shakespeare. It was built by Shakespeare’s playing company, the Lord Chamberlain’s Men in 1599. It was not called the Globe Theatre because of its shape. In was in fact the same shape as the theatres called The Curtain, The Rose and The Swan. The reason it was called The Globe Theatre was because the audience could see “all of the world” upon the stage. Shakespeare frequently compared the world to a stage. The Globe theatre 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.
Holiday Homework (Individual)
Why was it called “The Globe Theatre?”
The Globe Theatre was located in London and associated with William Shakespeare. It was built by Shakespeare’s playing company, the Lord Chamberlain’s Men in 1599. It was not called the Globe Theatre because of its shape. In was in fact the same shape as the theatres called The Curtain, The Rose and The Swan. The reason it was called The Globe Theatre was because the audience could see “all of the world” upon the stage. Shakespeare frequently compared the world to a stage. The Globe theatre 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.