The Old Globe London
by Venetia Featherstone-Witty
Title
The Old Globe London
Artist
Venetia Featherstone-Witty
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
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The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, on land owned by Thomas Brend and inherited by his son, Nicholas Brend and grandson Sir Matthew Brend, and was destroyed by fire on 29 June 1613.A second Globe Theatre was built on the same site by June 1614 and closed in 1642.A modern reconstruction of the Globe, named "Shakespeare's Globe", opened in 1997 approximately 750 feet from the site of the original theatre.From 1909, the current Gielgud Theatre was called "Globe Theatre", until it was renamed in 1994.The Globe's actual dimensions are unknown, but its shape and size can be approximated from scholarly inquiry over the last two centuries.The evidence suggests that it was a three storey, open air amphitheatre approximately 100 feet in diameter that could house up to 3,000 spectators.
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