Shakespeare's Globe Theatre

There is a lot of talk about the great Shakespearean plays, but not many people know of where they were actually performed in his time. Where were they performed? Most of his plays were shown at the Globe Theatre. However, the construction of this theater was not without great toil. In fact, the original theater is no longer standing.
Was the Globe Theatre fancy, or was it simple? In 1596, an old friary was converted into a theater. The people around there weren't very open minded and they soon began to complain, calling the theater a public disturbance. To quote the Privy Council, "Lurid tales [have] circulated among the godly about the sex and violence, the swearing and blasphemy to be seen in plays: 'such wanton gesture...