William Shakespeare - Globe Theatre by Sam Foley

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William Shakespeare - Globe Theatre

Published on Jan 14, 2016

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By: Sam Foley

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The Globe Theatre was a large, wooden, circular building built in London in 1599 by a group of men named The Lord Chamberlain's Men (which later included William Shakespeare
The Lord Chamberlain's Men were a very popular acting group in London and would put on plays for people of all ages
Shakespeare would specifically write some of his plays for The Lord Chamberlain's Men, which were possibly performed in front of 3000 people

All of the actors in the Globe Theatre were males (female roles would be performed by either boys or men)
Queen Elizabeth I was one of the main attenders who watched many of Shakespeare's plays
The theatre was built in London because Renaissance ideas were spreading from Italy to Northern European areas like London who used those ideas when building the theatre and creating the plays
Theatre burnt down in 1613 due to a cannon explosion during a play's performance

People of all ages, both men and women, would attend Shakespeare's plays about human life experiences performed in the Globe Theatre whether it was just for pure entertainment, or because they wanted to learn more about the art of plays and acting
The guests who were called "groundlings" (payed for the most inexpensive tickets) often didn't really understand the plays, but enjoyed them equally as much, if not more than the educated guests in the theatre

Shakespeare started adapting Renaissance ideas while creating poetry about topics like love, friendship, aging, and death
Since these ideas were new to people in that time period, Shakespeare enabled viewers to experience stories about human life, rather than just religion

"Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."
This quote by Shakespeare means that people live and create their lives however they would like, but once they die, they slowly get forgotten, almost like they never existed. Even though some people believe in religions and hope of things like heaven, the reality is that no one actually knows what happens during death. So when people die, since no one actually knows if they ended up in heaven or not, they would never know if their life signified anything. Overall, this quote is signifying the importance of life rather than just focusing on devoted it to your religion when you never know if you will actually get rewarded for your dedication or not.

A replica of the Gold Theatre was built after the original burnt down and is still up today
People all around the world still continue to read, act out, and quote William Shakespeare's plays