The Globe Theatre Research Paper

The globe theatre is a very historical place. The globe was built in 1599, using materials from an older theatre which was built in 1576. It is a very interesting place considering all of the plays, and the famous people that watched, wrote or even took part in the plays. Some of the most popular plays in the world were shown and acted out in the globe theatre. The exact pinpoint location is currently unknown, they have only been able to get an idea of its location by finding pieces of the original globe. It is thought to have been located between the modernday Southwark Bridge Road, and as far as Gatehouse Square.
Many do not know, but the globe was owned by a few different people. Six of them to be exact. Richard Burbage, and his brother Cuthbert Burbage, owned the biggest part of it, at twenty five percent each. The four other part owners included William Shakespeare, John Heminges, Augustine Phillips, and Thomas Probe, owned twelve and a half percent of it each. However the Burbage brothers had a lease on the land for twenty-one years, a man named giles allen was the owner of the land. So when the twenty one years had passed, the lease expired. With in return made giles claim the building as his, Giles had the theatre taking appart beam by beam, and moved it to Streets waterfront warehouse. …show more content…
It is mainly believed that the globe was a three story building, with the center hollowed out and opened. It is also believed the the globe was a twenty sided polygon. It is rumored to have had a capacity of a little over three thousand spectators at one time. There was a place called the pit, at the bottom of the stage where people would pay a penny and rush down to try and get the best view of the performance. During the tear down in 1989 a layer of nutshells was found pressed into the dirt for a stronger surface area for the