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| + | Built 1599 by Cuthbert and Richard Burbage, using timber from The Theatre in Shoreditch (London's first permanent playhouse that was thus demolished). Apparently named after the figure of Hercules bearing the globe, as showed on the theatre's sign. Destroyed by a fire on 29 June 1613 after two cannons had been fired off during a performance of Shakespeare's Henry VIII. - [In 1614, a new Globe, built from tiles, was erected on the same site. Demolished in 1644. In 1997, a reconstruction at another site in Bankside was opened as Shakespeare's Globe.] (English) | ||
| Property / Note: Built 1599 by Cuthbert and Richard Burbage, using timber from The Theatre in Shoreditch (London's first permanent playhouse that was thus demolished). Apparently named after the figure of Hercules bearing the globe, as showed on the theatre's sign. Destroyed by a fire on 29 June 1613 after two cannons had been fired off during a performance of Shakespeare's Henry VIII. - [In 1614, a new Globe, built from tiles, was erected on the same site. Demolished in 1644. In 1997, a reconstruction at another site in Bankside was opened as Shakespeare's Globe.] (English) / rank | |||
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Theatre building in London, United Kingdom, opened in 1599
- Globe Theatre
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| English | Globe Theatre [London, UK] | Theatre building in London, United Kingdom, opened in 1599 |
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Built 1599 by Cuthbert and Richard Burbage, using timber from The Theatre in Shoreditch (London's first permanent playhouse that was thus demolished). Apparently named after the figure of Hercules bearing the globe, as showed on the theatre's sign. Destroyed by a fire on 29 June 1613 after two cannons had been fired off during a performance of Shakespeare's Henry VIII. - [In 1614, a new Globe, built from tiles, was erected on the same site. Demolished in 1644. In 1997, a reconstruction at another site in Bankside was opened as Shakespeare's Globe.] (English)
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Globe Theatre, London
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The Globe Theatre in London is most closely associated with William Shakespeare and his plays. The wooden, open-air theatre held an audience of around 3000, standing in the pit or in seats wrapped around the stage. A reconstructed Globe opened in 1997.
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