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    built the first theater that would soon become one of Englands favorite forms of entertainment. Elizabethan Theaters were used to perform plays, poems, and a few other things to the people of England. In total, there were eight theaters that were scattered all throughout England. The Elizabethan era lived a good long life, and was very successful in entertaining the people during it 's time. However, all good things must come to an end, and eventually, that is what happened to the theaters. The introduction

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    packed tightly with over 30,000 eyes watching. Flags rose, and trumpets started to play in the Globe while productions began. The Globe Theatre started an era of acting in the late 1500’s and changed the way we look at performing still to this day. This theatre was jaw dropping as people entered this “salvaged wood” framed theatre. In 1599, the stage was ready for acts to begin. The name of the Globe Theatre was for people to know that the “whole round world” could be represented by every actor

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    Shakespeare, the legal and business transactions including some theatrical and Court documents as well as his life’s work, can be used to put the little bits of information given to us to see the basic overview of this man’s life, use it to see the Globe Theater where he worked as a playwright and an actor, as well as what the Elizabethan Era that he lived in was like. Elizabethan England Era, or the Golden Age in England, started in 1558 when Queen Elizabeth succeeded her Catholic sister Mary I and re-established

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    Thornberry Intro to theater October 28, 2016 The History of the Globe Theatre Today we know of The Globe Theatre on because of the famous playwright and director known as William Shakespeare. The events which took place in The Globe’s past and what is its future may be, have become, and will be, an important part of the history of theater and drama. This paper will discuss the history of the Globe theatre, the importance it held at its time, and the importance of The Globe Theater now and in the

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    people it was relatively affordable. The working class people would show up and pay their penny to stand in the front of the stage- while weathier people whould pay for their seats.” (https://historicalhistrionics.wordpress.com/2011/07/26/elizabethan-theater/) Another theatre called The Curtain had to be built to accommodate the overflow audiences. The technical name for such as theatre was an easer.

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    There was four main theaters during that time, but one shined brighter than the rest. That one was known as the Globe theater. As many others were built, the Globe Theater was built on the south bank of the River Thames. It was erected around 1599 and was created for Lord Chamberlin’s men, who bought and owned the theater until they moved it across the river. With the creation of this theater, a golden era was about to dawn. Although it was not the first of its kind, the Globe Theater is the most influential

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    Dr. John C. Adams drew 15 scale models of the Globe playhouse, as the original might have looked. Dr. Adams wrote many books about the Globe, but his most famous was The Globe Playhouse. The Harvard University Press published it in 1942, and it is now widely recognized as “the most complete and integrated statement that Shakespearean scholarship has yet produced” (Irwin Smith). His main purpose of drawing these blueprints was to put his conclusions into a three-dimensional form by creating a scale

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    important things that were created in the Renaissance. Drama was one of the most impressive inventions that they improved. One of the theaters that they had was the Globe Theater. Even though the Globe Theater was destined for failure, it became successful due to Shakespeare and the support of the Royal Monarch. Before understanding Shakespeare and his impact on the Globe you have to know a little bit of information on plays and prediction in the Renaissance time period. The plays before Shakespeare

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    William Shakespeare's Globe Theatre Essay

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    Shakespeare's Globe Theatre        The Globe Theater, an entertainment outlet for all people of that time, provided a place for Shakespeare's plays to be performed.  It was the third and most famous playhouse in London.  When it was built, it was one of the most important playhouses in London.  The Globe's architecture was intriguing for its time and its life was long and prosperous. The Globe was built by two brothers, Cuthbert and Richard Burbage.  They had inherited the Globe's

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    known for his play and acting in theater. He moved to london to proceed in a career in theater. After a career in acting, Shakespeare had enough experience to make his own play rights. Shakespeare's first play Henry VI Part 1 in the year 1590-91. After he started to notice how much attention he was getting and made more playwrights. Shakespeare wrote 37 plays and his most famous play are Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and Macbeth. He had a theater called Globe Theater and were most of Shakespeare's

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