Sunday, March 23, 2014

Globe Theatre

Location: 21 New Globe Walk, Bankside, London SE1 9DT, United Kingdom
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Facts:
- Opened in 1599 by Shakespeare's play company, Lord Chamberlain's Men
- A modern reconstruction of the Globe opened in 1997 and was renamed Shakespeare's Globe
- In 1613, the original Globe was burnt down during a production of Henry VIII; it was rebuilt shortly after
- Motto: the Latin tag "totus mundus agit histrionem" in turn derived from "quod fere totus mundus exerceat histrionem"—"because all the world is a playground"






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