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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The show, which had an initial run in 2018 at the Old Globe Theater in San Diego, is a comedy about a couple whose romance must navigate their rock band and corporate life aspirations.

From New York Times ● Nov. 1, 2023

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

In describing his role in this “Uncle Vanya,” which was first staged at the Old Globe Theater in San Diego earlier this year, Mr. Sanders tended to shift from the third person to the first.

From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2018

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

From Forbes ● Mar. 27, 2015

The resonant cry of the call-boy, making the rounds of the dressing-rooms of the Globe Theater, penetrated to the great empty green-room, immediately adjoining the star's dressing-room.

From A Star for a Night A Story of Stage Life by Elsie Janis