Globe Theatre
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The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 at Southwark, close to the south bank of the Thames, by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men. It was destroyed by fire on 29 June 1613. A second Globe Theatre was built on the same site by June 1614 and stayed open until the London theatre closures of 1642. As well as plays by Shakespeare, early works by Ben Jonson, Thomas Dekker and John Fletcher were first performed here.[1]
Address | Maiden Lane (now Park Street) Southwark London England |
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Coordinates | 51°30′24″N 00°5′41″W |
Owner | Lord Chamberlain's Men |
Type | Elizabethan theatre |
Construction | |
Opened | 1599 (1599) |
Closed | 1642 |
Demolished | 1644–45 |
Rebuilt | 1614 |
A modern reconstruction of the Globe, named "Shakespeare's Globe", opened in 1997 approximately 750 feet (230 m) from the site of the original theatre.[2]