The Globe Flashcards
Henry VIII’s relationship with theatre
Restricted it because of it’s close connection with Roman Catholicism
1560s
Non-religious theatre in courtyards and inns
The Red Lion
John Brayne
Built in Whitechapel in 1567
40’ x 30’ stage - 5’ above audience
Outside the city walls - farmland
The Theatre
1576
With Dr. John Dee
Coliseum-like style
Shoreditch
The Curtain
1577
James Burbage
Originally a carpenter
Turned actor and theatrical entrepreneur
1572- he asked Robert Dudley for protection and patronage
The Earl of Leicester’s Men
1574
Reputation
Poor
Encouraged crime and Disorder
Frivolous
December 1574
Council of all London banned plays within the city walls
1596
All theatres within city limits and had to close and move south of the Thames
Theatres closed for plague
1592-> 94
1603
1608
Giles Allen
Puritan land owner forced Burbage to dismantle ‘The Theatre’
The Globe built
In 1599
In Bankside, Southwark
Globe owned by
Burbage brothers, Thomas Pope, John Hemings, Augustine Phillips and William Shakespeare
1st play at the globe
Julius Caesar