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    performance going on in the Globe, you weren’t just going to sit down and watch you had to think about what was going on. When the theater was just beginning, people thought it might be for the worse, but really it made them closer with the people around them and taught them a lot about literature. The Globe theater was one of the only theaters that was a big open amphitheater, that wasn’t as private as other Elizabethan theaters. During the Elizabethan time, the Globe theater impacted the

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    The Real Globe Theater

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    felt on November 15, 2015 as I viewed The Atlanta Shakespeare Company’s production of The Tempest at The Shakespeare Tavern. The exterior of the theater was constructed to look like a piece of the real Globe Theater in England to pay homage to the original playhouse. The Tempest is one of William Shakespeare’s plays and pays homage to Elizabethan theater and was a product of the English Renaissance during the Elizabethan Age. The atmosphere and setting of The Shakespeare Tavern is half the experience

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    Globe Theater Summary

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    Charles Liu English 2 H Smith Period 6 16 October 2014 Shrewsearch Globe Theater Summary(475) The Globe Theater was established by Shakespeare’s acting company, Lord Chamberlain’s Men, in 1599. It was composed of 5 brilliant actors: Augustine Phillips, Will Kempe, Thomas Pope, John Heminge, and William Shakespeare. Shakespeare’s wealth and career developed in this theater, which showed some of his plays like Henry VII. A funny incident that occurred during the showing of this play on June 29

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    The Globe Theater, being one of the grandest theaters in London, has had many ups and downs through the years. For example, the original Globe Theater was burnt down. It was built in London, in an area called Southwark. Around the time, it was built it was the 1500’s during Shakespeare’s time, yes the William Shakespeare the play writer. William Shakespeare would write plays for the theater and there would be performances performed by men. The Globe was designed and constructed for the Chamberlin

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    "The Globe Theater's” beautiful building design and interesting former times have been a very notable element of our past, it had even held many of Shakespeare’s famous plays. “The whole world is a playhouse” and one of the most important playhouses in the world would have to be “The Globe Theater”. It is nearly impossible to think of our world without “The Globe Theater” and all the interesting occurrences that have happened involving it. This theater could have been nothing more than a building

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    What did the globe theater look like and what plays had been shown here you might ask. There are many different things about the globe theater such as when was it built, what was it built out of? What were the different plays that were shown? The different kinds of audiences did the theater get and many more interesting facts on the theater. The Globe Theater is a cool old rustic building that everyone goes to, to enjoy plays. The Globe Theater was an octagon shape and had three different

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    Essay about Globe Theater

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    II. Structure of the Globe The theater that Cuthbert Burbage built for the Chamberlain's Men had a total capacity of between 2,000 and 3,000 spectators. Because there was no lighting, all performances at the Globe were conducted, weather permitting, during the day (probably most often in the mid-afternoon span between 2 P.M. and 5 P.M.). Because most of the Globe and all of its stage was open air, acoustics were poor and the actors were compelled by circumstances to shout their lines, stress their

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    Shakespeare being performed right in front of yours eyes at the amazing Globe Theater. William Shakespeare was part owner of The Globe Theater. The famous Globe Theater was a place where outstanding plays were performed. This theater held people from all over the world to watch performances. In the article “The Elizabeth Era” states that “often the Queen would come to the Globe Theater to watch Shakespeare’s work “(Alchin). The Globe Theater has great significance to British history because of the building

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    amazing costumes and props used in The Globe Theater. (1-1) The Globe Theater Architecture based on the structures similar to The Coliseum in Ancient Rome. Architecture on a grand size would house a capacity between 1500 to 3000 people. Classic Greek and Romans admired by the Elizabethans and sometimes great columns included the architecture. The Globe Theater design reflected the elements of Roman or Greek classical plays. It had supposed that the Globe Theater had an octagonal shaped building. The

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    this people relied on the theater to keep them entertained. Though officially approved playhouses and acting companies had only been around for about five years The Lord Chamberlain's Men was one of the two acting companies that were permitted to perform in London city limits. Lord Chamberlain's Men used the globe theater, while the other group used the Rose Playhouse which was owned by an impresario and his son-in-law who was a former actor. In 1576 the Blackfriars Theater was built, but Lord Chamberlain's

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