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Shakespeare's Globe is a reconstruction of the Globe Theatre, an Elizabethan playhouse first built in 1599 for which William Shakespeare wrote his plays. Like the original, it is located on the south bank of the River Thames , in Southwark , London.
A modern reconstruction of the theatre, named "Shakespeare's Globe", opened in 1997, with a production of Henry V. It is an academic approximation of the original design, based on available evidence of the 1599 and 1614 buildings, [ 30 ] and is located approximately 750 feet (230 m) from the site of the original theatre.
The SGC (Shakespeare Globe Zentrum Deutschland) was founded in 1991 after Sam Wanamaker experienced the Bremer Shakespeare Company's productions of The Taming of the Shrew and Antony and Cleopatra at the Globe Theatre in Neuss and directed by the company's co-founder Norbert Kentrup.
Public performances are at 7 p.m. Nov. 17 and 18 at the Globe and tickets are available at odessashakespeare.org. Ash Evans is one of the cast members. This is her first year with the group.
In 1599, the timber from The Theatre was moved to Southwark, where it was used in building the Globe Theatre in a new theatre district formed beyond the controls of the City corporation. Regarding theatre as sinful, these theatres were closed in 1642 due to the Puritans who would later influence the interregnum of 1649.
A man dressed in a gimp suit was allowed to attend a play at Shakespeare’s Globe in front of stunned theatregoers and children because the outfit “did not contain offensive slogans”.
After the Burbages stripped The Theatre of its materials to erect The Globe, many of Shakespeare's plays were performed at the famous theatre in the summer and the Blackfriars house, another of the Burbage's theatres, was used as a winter playhouse. [4] Towards the end of 1596, problems arose with the property's landlord, Giles Allen.
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