Shakespeare-Global Theatre

“Although Shakespeare’s plays were performed at other venues during the playwright’s career, the Globe Theatre in the Southwark district of London was the venue at which the Bard’s best known stage works were first produced” (Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, 1). What a remarkable place. Just think about all of the talent and famous works that came out of this historical theatre. To think that William Shakespeare and all of his associates once performed at this, living-day, theatre excites me enough to share with you some history behind the Globe Theatre. The purpose of this essay is to illustrate and educate some important facts about the Globe Theatre.
The Globe Theatre “was the first London playhouse, built in 1576 by the English and entrepreneur James Burbage, father of the great actor and friend of Shakespeare, Richard Burbage. It was located in a northern suburb of London (north of London Wall which bounded the city proper); on the edge of Finsbury Fields, just pa...