Shakespeare's Globe

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The Globe Theater has been around for 418 years therefore it first built in 1599. The theater is a ring-shaped building with no roof above the center, this makes it very different from modern theaters today. Due to the open roof and wooden structure it can get quite cold, and because it was made to be as authentic as possible, it has no heating.

 Sadly  The  Globe Theater burnt down on the 29th June 1613. That day’s performance of 'Henry VIII' included the firing of a cannon...  The actors intended on tilting the cannon upwards before shooting so that it landed in the river. Instead, someone forgot to tilt it up and the cannon landed on the thatched roof, therefore setting fire to the building.
The Globe Theatre has a round shape. It was built in this shape so that when the actors spoke it bounced against the rounded walls and into the audience's ears! Its design is based on the Roman amphitheatre. It has an open roof to let the natural light in. One of the original ideas was to build the theatre so that it was looking over London but when the present Globe was rebuilt there were too many tall buildings in the way. The original Globe theatre was also made from the wood of the head actor, Richard Burbridge's father's old theatre.
In The Globe Theater, three different categories of plays are performed: Histories, comedies and tragedies Most, if not all of the plays, were written by William Shakespeare. On of Shakespeare's most viewed plays is the romance Romeo and Juliet, a romantic tragedy, has been popular since the day it was performed.

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