can anyone give me as much facts about the old globe theatre please?<^,,^>
2006-11-20 06:33:02 · 4 answers · asked by L[dot] DYM3Z 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
1: It isn't actually globular.
2: It's by the Thames.
3: It has no Proscenium Arch, being instead "In the Round".
4: For a long while it wasn't there anymore, then it was rebuilt.
5: Ermmm... it's a theatre.
6: Shakespeare had something to do with it.
7: They do plays there, which are like 3D films.
8: Shakespeare wrote plays.
9: Not all Globes are theatres. Some are model planets.
10: There's an Old Globe and a New Globe pub on Mile End Road in London, E1.
2006-11-20 06:42:25 · answer #1 · answered by Kango Man 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1.known as shakespheares Globe 2.Origin on the south bank next to Southwark bridge 3.remains excavated before being buried beneath Rose Court 4.Replica built close to origin site.5. Wannamaker the film star funded the rebuilding 6.It burnt down in the 17th century.7.When the Globe reopened the name sake in Shaftesbury Avenue changed to the Guilgud 8. Sir John Guilgud was present at the renaming 9.Made from origional plaster and thatch techniques 10.Popular tourist attraction
2006-11-20 06:50:32 · answer #2 · answered by paul t 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, from what I learnt in school.
It was built in 1599
Built by the playing company.
Most popular for Shakespears plays
It was destroyed by a fire in..erm 1613
Rebuilt 1614
the Globe was closed down by the Puritans in 1642.. I don't know why.
It could hold around 3000 people.
2006-11-20 06:46:39 · answer #3 · answered by elin j 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1. Built 1599 by Shakespeare's play compin any and was destroyed 1613, rebuilt in 1614, closed in 1642, and demolished in 1644.
2006-11-20 06:38:26 · answer #4 · answered by elphaba_of_georgia 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋