The Globe

The Globe

The first Globe was built by the company Shakespeare and is funded and protected by the Lord Chamberlain and was called the Lord Chamberlain's men. Richard Burbage was the company’s leading actor.
They had played at the Theatre, built by the Burbage family on land leased from a Mr Allen. In 1597, Allen refused to renew the lease. However the Burbages owned the Theatre because the lease said they owned anything built on the land.
so they leased the land on south bank with Shakespeare

When and where was the globe built?

Southwark was a good place for the new theatre. It was outside the control of the city officials (who were disrespective to theatres). It had two theatres (the Rose and the Swan), animal baiting arenas, taverns and brothels. 

The base was brick and walls were made from timber frames with wood covered in plaster that were covered in cow hair 

1599 the theatre opened and was a huge success. 

What plays were performed in The Globe?

Probably the first Shakespeare play to be performed at the Globe was Julius Caesar, in 1599. Some other Shakespeare plays first performed there are: As You Like It; Hamlet; Measure for Measure;  Other playwrights wrote for the Globe, including Ben Jonson, Thomas Dekker and John Fletcher.

What happened to the first Globe?

1613. On 29 June, at a performance of Shakespeare’s Henry VIII, some small cannons were fired,

The theatre burned down in about an hour.he company built a second Globe on the brick foundations of the first. It was the same size and shape, but was much more extravagantly decorated; the company could now afford it. It also had a tiled roof, not a thatched one.