Globe theatre
Globe theatre.The primary playing space of the Chamberlain-King's Men between 1599 and 1608, and thereafter their summer venue alternating with the indoors Blackfriars playhouse in winter. The Globe was located in the Bankside district of south London, famous for its animal-baiting rings and brothels, and near to the Rose theatre operated by Philip Henslowe. Built from the recycled timbers of the company's previous home, the Theatre, the Globe was an open-air, virtually circular, amphitheatre with a diameter of between 80 and 100 feet (24–30 m) and a thatched roof. Although associated with several of Shakespeare's most famous plays which received their first performance in it, the Globe was built because James Burbage's intended new home for the company, the indoors Blackfriars playhouse, was prevented from opening in 1596 by the objection of local residents. Despite its inauspicious beginning, the Globe's long-term economic success is attested by the...
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