The Globe Theatre

Introduction: We chose to present this project because we think that The Globe Theatre deserves more attention. It was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare and it was a real success.

History
It was built by Shakespeares playing company in 1599, and was destroyed by fire on 29 june 1613. It was built by carpenter Peter Smith and his workers, was the most magnificent theater that London had ever seen and built in 1597 1598. This theatre could hold several thousand people! The Globe Theatre didnt just show plays. It was also reputed to be a brothel and gambling house. It was situated on the South bank of the river Thames in Southwark. The old Globe Theatre was a magnificent amphitheatre.

The actors

The Globe Theater audience never had time to get bored. In just two weeks Elizabethan theaters could often present eleven performances of ten different plays. The Shakespearean Actors generally only got their lines as the play was in progress. Parts were often allocated on the day of the performance. Many times the actors didn't even get their own lines. They did "cue acting ", which meant that there was a person backstage who whispered the lines to the actor just before he was going to say them.

The Globe Theater audiences

The Elizabethan general public (the Commoners) referred to as groundlings would pay 1 penny to stand in the 'Pit' of the Globe Theater. The gentry would pay to sit in the galleries often using cushions for comfort! Rich nobles could watch the play from a chair set on the side of the Globe stage itself.

The Box Office

Globe audiences had to put one penny in a box by the door which would pay for a view of the play by standing on the ground, in front of the stage. To sit on the first gallery would cost another penny in the box which was held by a collector on the front of the stairs. To sit on the second gallery, you put another penny in the box held by the man at the second flight of stairs. Then when the show started, the men went and put the boxes in a room backstage - the Elizabethan box office. Profits there were shared between members of the Globe company as such and the owners of the theatre (called "housekeepers"),.

The fire and the re-building of the Globe Theatre

The Globe was only in use until 1613, when on June 29 a fire broke out at the Globe Theatre . The canon used for special effects, such as heralding great entrances, was loaded with gunpowder and wadding. The thatched roof caught on fire and the Globe Theatre burned to the ground.

The End of the Globe Theater the Puritans

In 1642, under the force of the Puritans, the English Parliament issued an ordinance suppressing all stage plays in the theatres. In 1644 the Globe Theatre was demolished by the Puritans

Motto

The name of the Globe supposedly alludes to the Latin tag totus mundus agit histrionem, in turn derived from quod fere totus mundus exerceat histrionem"because all the world plays the actor"from Petronius.

Summary
1. Introduction 2. History 3. Actors 4. The Globe Theater audiences 5. The Box Office 6. The fire and the re-building of the Globe Theatre 7. The end of the Globe Theatre- The puritans 8. Motto

This project was made by:

Cochina Luxia Ana- Maria Cochina Ana- Maria Ciotorosche Ana- Maria