Globe Theatre Floor Plan

These architectural drawings of the globe provide details of the building s layout and handsome proportions.

Globe theatre floor plan. Dated 2015 actress marilyn monroe at theatre with arthur miller. True to its era the globe was an outdoor o shaped theatre built with a timber frame and a thatched roof. Below is depicted the plan development and construction of two bays of the new globe theatre. Above is a cross section through the building showing the vaulted ceiling and below is the theatre s floor plan after renovations.

Shakespeare s globe tickets seating plan. Here is a detail of that final floor plan that is nearly built in london. Interior of the globe theatre london associated with william shakespeare. Its circular shape though reflected not the d shape of a roman amphitheatre but the gatherings of crowds in a circle.

Built in 16th century by shakespeare s playing company the lord chamberlain s men. Its name which up to then had been used for atlases such as mercator s rather than for playhouses drew attention to the roman theatre tradition. View the seating plans for shakespeare s globe theatre and find the best seats to sit. A second globe theatre was built on the same site by june 1614 and closed by an ordinance.

The globe theatre was a theatre in london associated with william shakespeare it was built in 1599 by shakespeare s playing company the lord chamberlain s men on land owned by thomas brend and inherited by his son nicholas brend and grandson sir matthew brend and was destroyed by fire on 29 june 1613. Globe theatre guided tour 16 20 september 2020 romeo and juliet workshop 9 12 years 2020 19 26 september 2020 teach shakespeare. The design of the original theatre responded to a mix of traditions. Globe theatre globe theatre the design of the globe.

Shakespeare s globe theatre was built as a replica to the pre existing globe theatre an elizabethan playhouse built in 1599 by the playing company to which william shakespeare belonged. Made of wood it burned to the ground in 1613 when a cannon shot during a performance of shakespeare s henry viii. Built in 1599 by william shakespeare s theatre company in london the open air globe theatre seated 3 000 and was three stories high. Shakespeare s company built the globe only because it could not use the special roofed facility blackfriars theatre that james burbage the father of their leading actor richard burbage had built in 1596 for it inside the city the elder burbage had a long history as a theatrical entrepreneur in 1576 he had built the first successful amphitheatre known as the theatre in a london suburb.