The Globe Theatre in London is perhaps the most famous theatre in the world. Shakespeare was a part owner of the theatre.
The Globe was nearly round -- archaeologist say it was actually a 20-sided polygon. The stage stuck out from one part, which a little room for costume changes behind it. One three sides of the stage there was the "one penny" area where audience members could stand. Behind that area was a three-story seating area that also wrapped around three sides of the stage. Those seats were two pennies each. For the most part the theatre was open to the air.
The theatre burned down in 1613 from a cannon shot during a performance of Shakespeare's Henry VIII . It was rebuilt in 1614, but then closed in 1642 and torn down in 1644 by Cromwell's government. Shakespeare was long dead at that point. A modern reconstruction of...
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the theatre now stands near the original spot in London.
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