Where Is The Modern Globe Theatre? In Which Year Did The Original Globe Theatre Burn Down?

A modern reconstruction of the theatre, named “Shakespeare’s Globe”, opened in 1997, with a production of Henry V.

It is an academic approximation of the original design, based on available evidence of the 1599 and 1614 buildings, and is located approximately 750 feet (230 m) from the site of the original theatre.

The Globe was the principal playhouse of the Lord Chamberlain’s Men. Most of Shakespeare’s post-1599 plays were staged at the Globe, including Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Othello, King Lear, and Hamlet.

Where Is The Modern Globe Theatre?

The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. The theatre is located on Bankside, about 230 metres (750 ft) from the original site measured from centre to centre.

Listed Georgian townhouses now occupy part of the original site and could not be considered for removal.

In Which Year Did The Original Globe Theatre Burn Down?

The original theatre was built in 1599, destroyed by the fire in 1613, rebuilt in 1614, and then demolished in 1644.

The modern Globe Theatre is an academic approximation based on available evidence of the 1599 and 1614 buildings.