Globe Theater

By kalem
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    Globe theatre history

  • Built

    It was built in 1599 by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men,

  • Building location

    Building location
    It was built in london england.

  • Theatre owned

    Theatre owned
    The Globe was owned by actors who were also shareholders in Lord Chamberlain's Men.

  • carpenter

    Peter Street (carpenter)

  • Type of theatre

    Type of theatre
    The type of theatre was an Elizabethan theatre

  • Capacity

    Capacity
    It could hold up to 3,000 people–seated and standing

  • Plays

    Many plays were performed here by many famous actors and also many famous people paid to attend the plays

  • Percent owned by

    Two of the six Globe shareholders, Richard Burbage and his brother Cuthbert Burbage, owned double shares of the whole, or 25% each; the other four men, Shakespeare, John Heminges, Augustine Phillips, and Thomas Pope, owned a single share, or 12.5%.

  • shakespeare

    shakespeare
    This is a picture of shakesspeare shortly after he started producing plays

  • Destroyed

    Destroyed
    Was destroyed by fire on 29 June 1613

  • Rebuilt

    After it was burned down it was rebuilt in1614.

  • Closed

    Closed
    It was closed by the down by the Puritans in 1642

  • Demolished

    It was complety demolished in 1644.

  • Modern day recreation

    Modern day recreation
    A modern reconstruction of the Globe, named "Shakespeare's Globe", opened in 1997 approximately 230 metres (750 ft) from the site of the original theatre.