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The Globe Theatre was a theatre in Lonon associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, and was destroyed by fire on June 29, 1613. A second Globe Theatre was rebuilt on the same site by June 1614 and closed in 1642.

Trivia about globe theatre

  • Recent evidence suggests that, despite its name, this 1599 building was a 20-sided icosagon
  • When this Shakespearean theater was rebuilt after a 1613 fire, tile replaced thatch on its roof
  • In 1598 or 1599 the Burbage brothers dismantled this London theatre & reassembled it in Bankside
  • This famous theatre was built in London's Bankside in 1599
  • The line "All the world's a stage" may have been a reference to this theatre, home to Shakespeare's acting co. in 1599

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