Globe Theater

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1. The theater in London where many of the great plays of William Shakespeare were first performed. Shakespeare himself acted at the Globe. It burned and was rebuilt shortly before Shakespeare's death and was finally pulled down in the middle of the seventeenth century.

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In the late twentieth century a reconstruction of the theater was built near its original site.

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This annual family celebration at San Diego’s Old Globe Theater moves online and includes arts and crafts, a makeup and character workshop and a reading from “Henry V.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2020

Dominic Dromgoole was the artistic director of the Globe Theater from 2006 to 2016.

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2019

He was working with a Shakespearean enthusiast to build a mobile, three-story Globe Theater completely out of repurposed shipping containers.

From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2017

Biotech and the Old Globe Theater are not the only draws in San Diego.

From Forbes • Mar. 27, 2015

The Miltons lived in Bread Street, and out of the back garret-window of their house could catch a glimpse of the Globe Theater.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors by Hubbard, Elbert