The Globe

The Globe-Theatre was built 1599 in Bankside , a London part of town on the right Thames shore. It concerned a round or octagonal construction which is high approx. three floors. Shakespeare was the poet of this building. His performances and those by many other poets were performed here included with splendid costumes, music, and with only few scenery.                                                                                              This was the most successful theater in 15^th and 16^th centuries.

In 1613 the theater was destroyed by a fire. Soon afterwards, nevertheless, it was rebuilt and wasn’t used for some time.

In 1642 it was closed was torn off after a while. Today there are apartments where the Globe stood before.

In 1997 the Globe was rebuild and opened again. However, it is not in the original location, because there are the residential buildings from the 18-th century which is under conservation of monuments and historic buildings. However, there are also new things which one had to follow: The safety regulations when the roof is equipped today with sprinkler systems and with lightning rod. Another concession to modern security thinking consists in the fact that only 1500 visitors instead of originally 3000 can visit the theater. With this modern security thinking it is not only guaranteed that they can stand and sit more comfortably (at least, the people today are bigger than 400 years ago), but also can leave the house if necessary in the shortest time.