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http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/954/55105422.JPG ---> Another picture of the Globe

• In 1597 &amp; 1598 Peter Smith reached the epitome of success when he built the Globe Theatre of London • Cuthbert and Richard Burbage were accountable for half the lease on the land that the Globe was built on due to the fact that they owned shares of the theatre • The Burbage brothers recieved half of the Globe's profits • The Globe could cram up to 3000 people at once and became a boisterous and putrid theatre • The Globe Theatre soon after it was built, became the home of the acting company, Lord Chamberlain’s Men • With the help of the Globe, Lord Chamberlain's Men emerged as the leading theatrical company in London by 1600 • The Globe became a huge sensation to citizens in the Elizabethan era • It was built close to the Bear Garden and made its money by putting on entertaining plays • For those looking to escape from common tragedies (consistant death from plague and famine), the Globe was the perfect place to go • On June 29, 1613, during a performance of Henry VIII, a misfired cannon ball set the Globe's roof on fire • In about an hour, the entire theatre was burnt to the ground • Fortuitously, a majority of the props and costumes were saved from the destructive fire
 * History of The Globe**

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• The Globe was believed to be a hexagonal structure • It consisted of a circular open air arena with about 100 feet in diameter • It was built out of timber, plaster, nails, and stone • There were two exists (main entrance, and exist door) • The roof spanned 46 feet and was made of thatch • The stage of the Globe was at one end of the arena (also called the pit) • The stage was 5 feet high, 30 feet long, and approximately 45 feet wide • The outer stage was a rectangular platform projecting into the courtyard • The inner stage was the alcove linking two projecting wings at the very back of the outer stage • This inner stage was utilized when a scene took place in an interior room • The arena was surrounded by three roofed galleries with balconies • A possible 3,000 people could cram into the theatre with the usage of the lawn for the __groundlings -__ the most poor audience members who payed one penny to get in •The seats were consisted of three rows of wooden benches, increasing in size towards the back • After a fire, the Globe’s roof became partly tiled
 * The Structure of The Globe**

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• Plays were a huge part of the culture during the Elizabethan era • The tragic, comedic, and historical plots helped people unwind from the stresses in their real life • As soon as a play was written it was immediately shown in the theatre • Rival theater companies would send members to attend plays and soon after produce unauthorized copies of those plays because copyright was non-existent back then • Due to the lack of technology much of the play was experienced through the imagination of the audience members • Julius Caesar by Shakespeare is believed to be the fist play shown in the globe theatre, performed by about 15 actors • Plays believed to be shown from 1600-1601 were Hamlet, Twelfth Night Or What You Will, Richard II • Plays believed to be shown from 1601 – 1602 were Troilus and Cressida and All’s Well That Ends Well • Plays believed to be shown from 1604-1613 were Timon of Athens, King Lear, Macbeth, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, possibly The Tempest, Two Noble Kinsmen, and Henry VIII • Plays such as "Caesar" and "Romeo &amp; Juliet" helped build The Globe into a very popular and prestigious theater
 * Plays** **shown in the Globe**

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• The Globe could hold 1,500 people in the audience, the number expanded to 3000 with the people who crowded outside of the theater • Audience was loud and hot-tempered, they were obnoxious and would even throw a rotten tomato on occasion! • Both men and women attended the plays - women would wear a mask to hide their identities • The Globe was open to anyone; common people, merchants, professionals, soldiers, and even the aristocracy • Shakespeare found it necessary to create plays that would relate to every band of Elizabethan society • There were various definite sections in the Globe for separation of audiences - the classes of people were extremely different from each other • The audience consisted of butchers, ironworkers, bakers, servants, shopkeepers, and countless others of tradesmen • Audience rarely consisted of royalty and people of high status - the Globe was only an __amphitheatre__- an open theatre with tears/rows of seats •People of royalty loved watching plays but generally would not have attended amphitheaters such as The Globe (generally watched at indoor playhouses) • Upper Class Nobles would usually watch plays at the Globe and would have paid for the better seats in the Lord’s rooms, costing three pennies • The Lower Classes would have stood in the theater pit or on the lawn for one penny (lower class knwon as groundlings) • The clothing worn to the theatre was a reflection of social standing --> https://mswrede0708.wikispaces.com/Clothing+styles2 (Clothing styles/laws in Elizabethan Era)
 * Audiences** **of the Globe Theater**

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//DID YOU KNOW→// • The Globe Theater was also used for gambling and immoral purposes • Music was an extra effect added to the plays starting in the 1600’s • Color coding of flags were used to advertise the type of play to be performed (black=tragedy, white=comedy, red=history) • Many boy actors died of poisoning because of the led in their make-up • The plays would only be shown in the summer months due to the open stage and would have to be transferred to indoor playhouses in the month of Winter • Women did not act during the Elizabethan era, instead boys whose voices had not matured played their roles • Elizabethans would say, "I'm going to hear a play," as opposed to seeing a play

http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/globe-theatre-facts.htm http://www.angelfire.com/fl5/theatre/kacey.html ---> more pictures of the Globe and more inetresting facts*

Thomas Platter wrote in his diary in 1599- "[There are] separate galleries and there one stands more comfortably and moreover can sit, but one pays more for it. Thus anyone who remains on the level standing pays only one English penny: but if he wants to sit, he is let in at a farther door, and there he gives another penny. If he desires to sit on a cushion in the most comfortable place of all, where he not only sees everything well, but can also be seen then he gives yet another English penny at another door. And in the pauses of the comedy food and drink are carried round amongst the people and one can thus refresh himself at his own cost.”

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 * A link to explain the effects that the plague had on the theatre*

__Ann Kenny & Nicole Taylor__