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.

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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

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

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

From Forbes • Mar. 27, 2015

"Well"—she was lingering in the most natural manner, as if fascinated by the exterior of the Globe Theater.

From The Combined Maze by Sinclair, May