THE GLOBE

THE GLOBE
1. What was the name of the company Shakespeare belonged to ?
 -Lord Chamberlain's Men ( Later The King's Men )
2. How many companies were licensed to perform in London ?
 -Only two companies.
3. Why did Shakespeare's company build the Globe ?
 -Shakespeare's company built the Globe because they couldn’t use the special playhouse that their chief actor Richard Burbage's father had built for them in 1596.
4. What did Shakespeare's company use to build the Globe ?
-The Theatre had closed, in 1597, and the owner of the land on which it stood threatened to pull the building down once the lease had expired. The Burbages and their associates anticipated the threat, however, and in late 1598 dismantled The Theatre and carried the materials to Bankside.
5. Who built the Globe ?
-It was built by two brothers, Cuthbert and Richard Burbage.
6. When the Globe was built , there were two other theatres in Southwark already. Which ones ?
-The two theatres were The Swan and The Rose
7. When was it built ?
-The autumn of 1599 .
8. How and when was it destroyed ?
-In 1613, during a performance of Henry VIII, the thatch of the Globe was accidentally set alight by a cannon. The entire theatre was destroyed within the hour.
9. When was it rebuilt ?
-By June 1614 it had been rebuilt.
10. When was it finally pulled down ? Why ?
-It was pulled down in 1644, two years after the Puritans closed all theatres.
11. Explain how acting at the Globe was like.
-Acting at the Globe was radically different from viewing modern Shakespeare on screen.
-The plays were staged in the afternoons, using the light of day. Therefore, all references to weather or time of the day had to be given to the audience through the text.