Globe+Theater+-MD



Date: 1599 to 1613 Location: bankside in southwark,london Facts:

1it was built by the carpenter Peter Smith and his workers

2At the base of the stage, there was an area called the //pit//, for a penny, people would stand on the rush-strewn earthen floor to watch the performance.

3 It was destroyed by a fire on 29 June 1613.A theatrical cannon was set off during a performance it misfired, and ignited the wooden beams.

4According to one of the few surviving documents of the event, no one was hurt except a man whose burning breeches were put out with a bottle of ale

5 A second Globe Theatre was built on the same site by June 1614.

Summary: The Globe's actual dimensions are unknown,most people think that it was a three story building.I think the globe theater is important because when it burnt down they made a new one right on the same sight.They also made a third globe theater around the same area in london.