The Globe Theatre

The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London was built in 1599 by Shakespeare's Playing Company, and was destroyed by a fire on 29 June 1613. A second Globe Theatre was built on the same site by June 1614 and closed in 1642. A modern reconstruction of the Globe, named Shakespeare’s globe, opened in 1997.

On 29 June 1613 the Globe Theatre went up in flames during a performance of Henry V111. A theatrical cannon, set off during the performance, misfired, igniting the wooden beams and thatching. According to one of the few surviving documents of the event, no one was hurt except one man.

Like all the other theatres in London, the Globe was closed down by the Puritans in 1642. It was pulled down in 1644.

 

Shakespeare

 Shakespeare

Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, he was widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language.

He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon (his birth date is unknown) but was Baptised on the 26 April 1564, and died on the 23 April 1616 (aged 52). At the age of 18, Shakespeare married the 26-year-old Anne Hathaway. six months after the marriage Anne gave birth to a daughter, Susanna, baptised 26 May 1583. Twins, son Hamnet and daughter Judith, followed almost two years later and were baptised 2 February 1585. Hamnet died of unknown causes at the age of 11 and was buried 11 August 1596.

It is thought that Shakespeare wrote 37 plays but it isn't certain.

Shakespeare's plays can be ordered into 3 categories:
Comedy  -  17
Tragedy  -  10
History   -   10
for a total of 37.  
His plays were performed in the Globe theatre in London