People all around the world know William Shakespeare’s plays, but few know the impact the Globe Theatre made in making Shakespeare’s plays come to life.
The Globe Theatre was the most famous Elizabethan theatre, which was built in 1599 (The Old Globe Theatre History). The Globe was built in London for the purpose of hosting Shakespeare’s plays (Gurr 1). Before the Globe and other modern theatres were built, plays were performed in courtyard inns or inn-yards (The Old Globe Theatre History). This shows how influential the Globe Theatre was in representing an age eager to explore the worlds far-ranging wonders through Shakespeare’s plays (Allison 11).
In 1613 the Globe burned down during a performance when a cannon was fired for special effects. By the summer of 1614 the new Globe was rebuilt on the old foundation but this time with a nonflammable roof (Allison 9). About 30 years later the new Globe was pulled down to make way for tenement dwellings 2 years after the puritans closed all theatres because of the civil war. Hundreds of years later in 1970 an American actor named Sam Wanamaker had a notion to create a replica of the Globe theatre (Gurr 3). In 1989 archeologists were able to find parts of the old Theatre buried beneath a 19th century building and were able to make
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A man named Burbage and his brother in law John Brayne helped pay for the construction of the Globe (Allison 23). Shakespeare himself along with the rest of the actors funded the other half of the theatre. The globe theatre was the first theatre that was funded and built by the company that intended to use it (Gurr 3). This shows how Shakespeare was a very intelligent man. Not only was he able to create amazing plays but also was able to manage and help finance his own theatre (Allison 11). The plays that were performed as well as the funding of the building all made it possible to create a theatre with many distinct and unique