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By: Nathan Goberdon, Chris Williams, Richie Albright, and Josh Krieger

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The Globe Theatre was octagonal in shape and rose up three stories. The theatre was approximately 100 feet wide and was open to the air. It held an audience of up to 3,000 people

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The stage where plays were performed on was rectangular in shape. The stage was 28 feet deep and almost 43 feet wide. To add to the stage effects various trap doors and apparatuses were placed overhead on the stage.

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Shakespeare and his company built the Globe Theatre in 1598, in London's Bankside district. Along with the Swan, the Rose, and the Hope theatres it was one of the 4 major theatres in the area. Swan TheatreRose TheatreHope Theatre

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When Shakespeare's company's lease on the theatre expired, their landlord wanted the theatre to be torn down. Shakespeare and his company then purchased property in Upper Frater Hall to convert it for their theatrical purposes.

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Those in the district complained about the production of the theatre and so the lease on the theatre had to be renegotiated. However it seemed that in their lease of the theatre Shakespeare's company was allowed to dismantle the theatre.

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Late at night Shakespeares company proceeded to strip the theatre to its foundation, move the materials that they had acquired, and then construct the Globe with these materials. This controversial activity caused one of Shakespeares company to be sued by Giles Allen (the landlord of the ransacked theatre); the court ruled in favor of Shakespeare and his group and so they were allowed to keep the Globe.

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Over the next decade the Globe housed some of Shakespeares greatest works. The theatre was accidently burned to the ground in 1613; a new Globe theatre was then built in its place. The Globe continued to operate until 1642 when it was closed down by the Puritans.

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For the next 352 years knowledge of the Globe remained in the shadows. In 1989 the foundations of where the Globe once stood were rediscovered. It was then decided to erect a modern version of the prestigious theatre. Finding of the foundation ====>

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In 1993 the construction of the new Globe started near its predecessor. Construction of the theatre was finished in 1996. The queen officially reopened the theatre on the 12 th of June in the following year with a production of the play Henry V. (Clapping was for the final slide)

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"Shakespeare's Globe." Shakespeare Resource Center. Web. 02 Apr. 2012.