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