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Shakespeare Globe

Shakespeare Globe. Age Sula 11a. William Shakespeare. He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 26th April 1564 and he died 23rd April 1616. He was an English poet and playwright. H e married Anne Hathaway and had three children Susanna, Hamnet and Judith.

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Shakespeare Globe

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  1. Shakespeare Globe Age Sula 11a

  2. William Shakespeare He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 26th April 1564 and he died 23rd April 1616. He was an English poet and playwright. He married Anne Hathaway and had three children Susanna, Hamnet and Judith. Between 1585 and 1592, he becan a successful career in London as an actor, writer, part owner of a playing company. (Lord Chamberlain’s Men)

  3. Creation • Tragedies: “Hamlet”, “King Lear”, “Macbeth”, “Romeo and Juliet”, “Othello” and others. • Comedies: “All's Well That Ends Well”, “As You Like It”,“The Comedy of Errors “, ”Cymbeline” and many more. • Histories: “Richard II”, “Henry IV” and more. • His early (1589-1613) plays were mainly comedies and histories. • He then wrote mainly tragedies. • In his last phase, he wrote tragicomedies, also known as romances, and collaborated with other playwrights.

  4. Location Address Maiden Lane (now Park Street) Southwark

  5. The Globe

  6. On 29 June 1613 the Globe Theatre went up in flames. • It was rebuilt in the following year. • Like all the other theatres in London, the Globe was closed down by the Puritans in 1642. • A modern reconstruction of the Globe, named “Shakespeare’s Globe”, opened in 1997 History The Globe was built in 1599 using timber from an earlier theatre. The Globe was owned by actors who were also shareholders in Lord Chamberlain’s Men. On 28 December 1598The Theatredismantledbeam by beam and transported it to Street's waterfront warehouse near Bridewell.

  7. Layout The Globe's actual dimensions are unknown. The evidence suggests that it was a three-storey, open-air amphitheatre approximately 100 feet (30 m) in diameter that could house up to 3,000 spectators. The Globe is shown as round on Wencesles Hollar’s sketch of the building, hovever, in 1988-89 the Globe's foundation suggested that it was a polygon of 20 sides.

  8. Fire On 29 June 1613 the Globe Theatre went up in flames during a performance of Henry the Eighth. A theatrical cannon, set off during the performance, misfired, igniting the wooden beams and thatching According to one of the few surviving documents of the event, no one was hurt except a man whose burning breeches were put out with a bottle of ale. It was rebuilt in the following year.

  9. The Burbages originally had a 21-year lease of the site on which The Theatre was built but owned the building outright. • However, the landlord, Giles Allen, claimed that the building had become his with the expiry of the lease. • On 28 December 1598, while Allen was celebrating Christmas at his country home, carpenter Peter Street, supported by the players and their friends. • Dismantled The Theatre beam by beam and transported it to Street's waterfront warehouse near Bridewell. Moving Globe

  10. The Globe Theater had a 1500 plus audience capacity. Up to 3000 people would flock to the theatre and its grounds. • There was no heating in the Globe theatre. Plays were performed in the summer months and transferred to the indoor playhouses during the winter. • The Globe was built in a similar style to the Coliseum, but on a smaller scale - other Elizabethan Theatres followed this style of architecture - they were called amphitheatres. • Elizabethan theatres were also used for bear baiting, gambling and for immoral purposes. • Elizabethan theatres attracted huge crowds - up to 3000 people. Facts About the Globe

  11. Color coding was used to advertise the type of play to be performed - a black flag meant a tragedy , white a comedy and red a history. • A trumpet was sounded to announce to people that the play was about to begin at the Globe Theatre in order for people to take their final places. • During the height of the summer the groundlings were also referred to as ' stinkards ' for obvious reasons. • All theaters located in the City were forced to move to the South side of the River Thames.

  12. There were no actresses. Female characters had to be played by young boys. The acting profession was not a credible one and it was unthinkable that any woman would appear in a play. • Many of the boy actors died of poisoning due to the vast quantities of lead in their make-up. • The Globe would have particularly attracted young people and the were many complaints of apprentices avoiding work in order to go to the theater.

  13. Old and New

  14. Exploitedliterature • http://www.southwarkrosehotel.co.uk/images/SouthwarkMap.jpg • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globe_Theatre • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare • http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/globe-theatre-facts.htm

  15. Thank you for attention!

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