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Shakespeare's Globe Theatre

speare’s Globe The Globe Theatre was a 17th century English playhouse. It is famous because that is where most of Shakespeare’s plays were originally performed there.
Shakespeare’s company, called “Lord Chamberlain’s Men,” built the Globe because acting was very controversial. The Puritans believed acting to be immoral, and the man who owned the land on which “The Theatre,” Lord Chamberlain’s Men’s original venue, was owned by a Puritan. He refused to renew the lease on the land and continue to let Lord Chamberlain’s Men perform there.
The actors then dismantled the theatre and carried the lumber across the Thames River, where a new theatre was ...

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