How Has Shakespeare Played At The Globe Theatre

Shakespeare is arguably the most influential playwright in the last one thousand years, as each of his plays have seemed to be remade over and over, some more than others. His most known pieces are Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, MacBeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Julius Caesar. Shakespeare’s plays have been played in theaters all over the globe. Although many of his plays did not become the sensations that they are today until after his death. He was active in many things during his time, including being a playwright as well as a an actor. He was in a theatre company called Lord Chamberlain’s Men, that took part in the ownership of a theatre later to be referred to as Shakespeare’s theatre. At the time of it being built, it was called the Globe Theatre, and it was the most famous playhouse out of the Elizabethan theaters. This was set back in the era of Queen Elizabeth, in which the playhouses are named after (Sohmer). Some of Shakespeare’s earliest plays were done at the Globe theatre. These playhouses are built in

Effects that included trap doors, “flying” entrances, smoke effects, fireworks, and firing real cannons (Alchin). With the awe, came the danger. In 1613 the over-zealous effects with gunpowder, caused the performance of Henry VIII to catch the straw roof coverings to catch fire, burning down the theatre. It took a year to rebuild the theatre and two years later Shakespeare died (Swan). The fire was not the only time that the theatre was closed. All theaters were closed due to the Bubonic Plague in 1603 and 1608 after the Globe opened, as crowded theatre encouraged the spread of the plague (Alchin). It wasn't until the 1640’s that the Globe ran into more trouble. In 1642, Puritan Parliament closed all theaters (Alchin). They closed the theaters because Puritans wanted to reform the churches and society, while what was happening behind theatre walls was not a part of the