Created when the lease ran out for The Theatre in 1597 so the building was dismantled and rebuilt across the Thames as The Globe. Closed by the Puritans and pulled down in 1644.
The reconstruction (in our picture), founded by Sam Wanamaker, is about 750 feet off the original site. It opened in June 1997. Learn something about the local political machinations of the era at . Â The idea was not original to Wanamaker; Globes had already been recreated in Dallas, San Diego and Cleveland, Ohio.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Globe Theatre, Southwark
This plaque was fixed to the wall of the brewery Barclay, Perkins & Co. ...
On Park Street there's a plaque for the Globe but behind that, and possibly m...
This page of Pepys' Diary is given at The Diary of Samuel Pepys with lots of ...
London Borough of Southwark Sam Wanamaker, 1919 - 1993, visionary who recreat...
From the Cathedral: "Sculpted by acclaimed British sculptor Raphael Maklouf w...
Actor. Born Port Talbot, Wales. Spotted by Olivier in 1965 and invited to join the National Theatre as Olivier's understudy.
Music-hall singer. Born Ernest Augustine Elen at 103 Pulford Street, Pimlico. He started performing in public houses in 1891, singing songs about working-class life. Moving on to the stage, he beca...
The inn's owner converted the inn-yard into the theatre. Parliament banned theatres in 1642 but some carried on and the Red Bull was successfully raided in 1649 and in 1655. The 1660 Restoration al...
Actress. Born Newman Street. 1830 a witness at the death of Huskisson. 1832 travelled to America with her father and wrote about her experiences there. Married an American who inherited a fortune i...
Fellow actor and friend of William Shakespeare and John Heminge. Heminge and Condell had been co-partners with Shakespeare in the Globe Theatre. On his death the plays existed only in the form of ...
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