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Instruction Sheet
Objectives
To read and respond to the Globe Theatre handout.
To reinforce the history, layout and motto of the Globe Theatre.
Instructions
Read the Globe Theatre Handout.
Based on the given information complete the Globe Theatre crossword.
Hand in the completed crossword (Remember to write your name at the top) at the end of class.
Materials Needed
The Globe Theatre Handout.
Globe Theatre crossword.
Pen.
Theatrefolk
Original Playscripts
PO Box 1064
Crystal Beach, ON, L0S 1B0, Canada
1-866-245-9138
www.theatrefolk.com
History
The Globe was built in 1599 using timber
from an earlier theatre, The Theatre, which
was built on leased land. The landlord
claimed that the building had become his
with the expiry of the lease. On 28 December
1598, while the landlord was celebrating
Christmas at his country home, a carpenter
supported by the players and their friends,
dismantled The Theatre beam by beam and
transported it away. The following spring,
the material was ferried over the Thames to
reconstruct it as The Globe. It was probably
completed by the summer of 1599, possibly
in time for the first production of Henry V
and its famous reference to the performance
crammed within a wooden O.
On 29 June 1613 the Globe Theatre went up
in flames during a performance of Henry the
Eighth. A theatrical cannon, set off during
the performance, misfired, igniting the
wooden beams and thatching. No one was
hurt except a man whose burning breeches
were put out with a bottle of ale. It was
rebuilt in the following year.
Like all the other theatres in London, the
Globe was closed down by the Puritans in
1642. It was pulled down in 1644, or slightly
later to make room for tenements.
Motto
The name of the Globe supposedly alludes
Layout
The Globes actual dimensions are to the Latin tag totus mundus agit histrionem
unknown, but the evidence suggests that it (all the world plays the actor). Totus mundus
was a three-storey, open-air amphitheatre agit histrionem was therefore adopted as the
approximately 100 feet (30 m) in diameter theatres motto.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globe_theatre
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Theatrefolk
Original Playscripts
PO Box 1064
Crystal Beach, ON, L0S 1B0, Canada
1-866-245-9138
www.theatrefolk.com
Name:_________________________________
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Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globe_theatre
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Theatrefolk
Original Playscripts
PO Box 1064
Crystal Beach, ON, L0S 1B0, Canada
1-866-245-9138
www.theatrefolk.com
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EclipseCrossword.com
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globe_theatre
You may freely copy and share this document, as long as the document is distributed in its entirety, including this notice.
Theatrefolk
Original Playscripts
PO Box 1064
Crystal Beach, ON, L0S 1B0, Canada
1-866-245-9138
www.theatrefolk.com