Shakespeare & the Globe
William Shakespeare
wrote
37 plays
some poems
comedies
tragedies
histories
we don't know much about him and his life
Richard III
Twelgth Night
King Lear
the Globe
it was a new theater built in 1599
it was built by the The Chamberlain's Men
it hosted the performances of Shakespeare's plays
people with cheap ticket didn't have a sit
he joined a group of actors
it was called The Lord Chamberlain's Men
they performed for Queen Elizabeth I
in 1613
the Globe burnt out
The Lord Chamberlain's Men built a second one
in 1997 was built a third Globe
had space for 3.000 people
people who paid more had a seat on the bunch with cuscions