shakespeare globe
Published on Dec 03, 2015
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The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, on land owned by Thomas Brend and inherited by his son, Nicholas Brend and grandson Sir Matthew Brend, and was destroyed by fire on 29 June 1613.A second Globe Theatre was built on the same site by June 1614 and closed in 1642.
A modern reconstruction of the Globe, named "Shakespeare's Globe", opened in 1997 approximately 750 feet (230 m) from the site of the original theatre. From 1909, the current Gielgud Theatre was called "Globe Theatre", until it was renamed in 1994.
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the globe theatre you see now in London is not the globe theatre that was built in the 17th century. it was rebuilt after the great fire of London.⬇️
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the globe theatre is a theatre that is in a round circular shape and have no roof. this meant that is it was raining, the people will get wet!
The shakespeare globe was designed to make voice bounce of the curved walls so everyone can here the people speaking. remember, that time microphones were not invented!
the audience have been split in to three groups:
the groundlings, the cheapest penny 'seats'. people cannot sit on a chair and have to stand on their feet or simply sit on the ground. but they were the closest to the stage.
the nobles were the up class audience and get to sit in real seats. you may think the groundlings get the best 'seats' but in that time there were no microphones so sound was the most important thing in the play. the nobles have the better volume of sound.
the royalties were the highest class and have the best volume of voice and the most comfortable seats. these were normally seats for the king and queen.
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the globe is a beautiful place. it was made only with timber and oak .
inside, the walls are painted. on the celling was painted in with beautiful drawings of angles and such, representing heaven, and the stage being the ground. there trap doors going up to heaven, and trap doors going under the ground to hell.
ACTING IN 16TH CENTURY
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16th century people liked plays, both comedies and tragedies. In the 16th century groups of professional actors became common. However Tudor governments were suspicious of actors. They were regarded as layabouts who did no useful work. From 1572 actors had to hold a licence from a noble. Without protection from some powerful man actors were likely to be arrested as vagrants!
In the early 16th century actors performed in market squares or inn courtyards. How's in the late 16th century plays became more and more popular and it eventually became worthwhile making a purpose-built theaters in large towns. In 1576 a man named James built the first theatre. Others followed.
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