Globe Theater

Cultural  

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.

Example Sentences

The play is partially presented on a stage as it would have appeared at the Globe Theater in 1603.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2022

Delayed by the pandemic en route to Broadway, the show was rapturously received at the Old Globe Theater in San Diego in 2019.

From New York Times • Jul. 15, 2021

Plus, the Old Globe Theater in San Diego is presenting a jukebox musical inspired by the music of Huey Lewis and the News.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2018

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

From Forbes • Mar. 27, 2015

When she asked at the box office at the Globe Theater, where they were rehearsing The Girl Up-stairs to-day, the nicely manicured young man inside, answered automatically, "North End Hall."

From The Real Adventure by Crosby, Raymond Moreau