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

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

Just about this time Brandon Thomas's farce, "Charley's Aunt," had been played at the Globe Theater as a Christmas attraction and was staggering along in great uncertainty.

From Charles Frohman: Manager and Man by Marcosson, Isaac Frederick