Renaissance-Humanism

The GLOBE THEATER: no single building in the history of theater has quite the significance as the famous Globe Theater in London, England. In 1599, William Shakespeare’s group of actors and stagehands called Lord Chamberlain’s Men built The Globe Theater in London. The Globe Theater was located near Park Street and Southwark Bridge Road, not far from London Bridge.

The Globe Theater stood three stories tall and was an open-air theater, meaning that the stage was located in the middle of the theater with no roof over it. The theater was built with wood taken from an older theater simply known as The Theatre, which was constructed in 1576. It has a central stage where actors act, but no curtains. Everything behind the curtains, like make up and dress up ( dietro le quinte) was done in a door behind the stage.

During the height of Shakespeare’s career, it was only the wealthy elite who could afford seated tickets, while the less fortunate would have to stand.

In areas closer to the stage, people could watch the plays. Ticket prices varied during this time period. The cost of admission was based on where in the theatre a person wished to be situated or based on what a person could afford. If people wanted a better view of the stage or to be more separate from the crowd, they would pay more for their entrance.

In June of 1613, The Globe caught fire during a performance of Shakespeare's Henry the Eighth. The cause of the fire was a prop cannon which had been brought in for a scene in the play. When the cannon was fired, it accidentally hit the wooden beams and straw thatching of the Globe, causing it to catch fire. While no one was hurt in the fire, The Globe was greatly damaged and needed to be rebuilt, with the process taking over a year to complete.

William Shakespeare did not design Globe Theater, nor did he build it, but he was a shareholder in it and had been living in London during its construction. He did contribute to some of the details.

Within the theater. Once completed, many of his plays were performed there. It has also been said that Shakespeare wrote some of his plays while spending time at the Globe.

6. William Shakespeare (1564-1616):

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His plays reveal an extensive knowledge of classical texts and rhetorical training, notably in the early Love's Labour's Lost (1594), which parodies the pedantry and self-regard of the young courtiers, and The Merry Wives of Windsor (1602), which contains an accurate recollection of a classroom scene.

By 1592 S. was involved in acting and producing plays and was one of many aspiring young-actor-writers who was the expansion of early modern theater in England. He appeared to work alone instead to collaborate.

In 1594, when theatres reopened after an outbreak of plague, he purchased a share in the newly formed Chamberlain's Men, who eventually accepted him as writer-in-residence at their theater in Storeditch. It was Shakespeare's investments in the company rather.

than his prolific literary output which made him rich.By the time he had probably written three comedies: The Comedy of Errors, The two Gentlemen of Verona and The Taming of the Shrew. Two bloody tragedies: Titus Andronicus and Richard III. Much of the chronicle of Henry VI and two narrative poems: Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece.

Between 1594 and 1599 he was immensely productive, probably writing the history plays, King John, Richard II. Comedies: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Merchant of Venice, The Marry Wives of Windsor, Much Ado about Nothing and As You Like It. And his major tragedy Julius Cesar. S. was conspicuous among his fellow dramatist for not having been to university, and this may it have been his need to acquire some form of social status that made him apply for a coat of arms on his father’s behalf in 1596.

In 1597 the lease on the theatre in Storeditch expired. The Lord Chamberlain’s Men dismantled the building itself and moved to the south bank.