How Did Shakespeare Build The Globe Theater
The Globe Theater
The Globe Theater was probably the most famous as well as the most important theater in the Elizabethan era. It stood on the southern shore of the Thames River in London (in Southwark to be exact). The main reason the Globe Theater was especially famous is the fact that many of William Shakespeare's plays were written and performed there. The idea of creating plays and theaters to perform them in was a strange new concept for the Europeans of the Elizabethan Era. The Chamberlain Company built the theater. William Shakespeare and James Burbage were members of this company, and the profits they made from acting helped to build the Globe Theater. Burbage died in 1597, but his sons continued the fight to build the theater, and in 1599, the Globe Theater was completed. The sons reused the wood from the old Globe, but this was not enough to complete the building. Many people were invited to invest in the theater, but only five people bought shares and the actors that actually used a theater owned no other theater. This gave the company a great advantage over many other theaters. Since there were investors, the costs were …show more content…
They felt the theater was sinful and led people astray. The Globe II was torn down two years later to make room for housing. With the destruction of the Globe II, the architectural structure was lost, as well as most pertinent documents (www.shalespeares-globe 2). Nevertheless, the Globe Theater found new life in 1970. Sam Wanamaker established the Shakespeare Globe Playhouse Trust, hired Professor John Orrell to help find the old site, and they identified the original site that very year ( The Original Globe 1). Orrell analyzed a 1647 panorama of London taken from a tower of Southwark Cathedral. Here he found where he thought the Globe Theater was located. The next step in collecting evidence came in 1989. The Globe's original foundations were discovered
The Globe Theater was probably the most famous as well as the most important theater in the Elizabethan era. It stood on the southern shore of the Thames River in London (in Southwark to be exact). The main reason the Globe Theater was especially famous is the fact that many of William Shakespeare's plays were written and performed there. The idea of creating plays and theaters to perform them in was a strange new concept for the Europeans of the Elizabethan Era. The Chamberlain Company built the theater. William Shakespeare and James Burbage were members of this company, and the profits they made from acting helped to build the Globe Theater. Burbage died in 1597, but his sons continued the fight to build the theater, and in 1599, the Globe Theater was completed. The sons reused the wood from the old Globe, but this was not enough to complete the building. Many people were invited to invest in the theater, but only five people bought shares and the actors that actually used a theater owned no other theater. This gave the company a great advantage over many other theaters. Since there were investors, the costs were …show more content…
They felt the theater was sinful and led people astray. The Globe II was torn down two years later to make room for housing. With the destruction of the Globe II, the architectural structure was lost, as well as most pertinent documents (www.shalespeares-globe 2). Nevertheless, the Globe Theater found new life in 1970. Sam Wanamaker established the Shakespeare Globe Playhouse Trust, hired Professor John Orrell to help find the old site, and they identified the original site that very year ( The Original Globe 1). Orrell analyzed a 1647 panorama of London taken from a tower of Southwark Cathedral. Here he found where he thought the Globe Theater was located. The next step in collecting evidence came in 1989. The Globe's original foundations were discovered