By: Christian Garcia Conor Bryant

Built
The Globe was built in 1599 It was built using timber from an earlier theatre named The Theatre

Layout
The actual dimensions of the Globe are unknown but its shape and size can be approximated The globe could hold up to 3000 people

History
The Globe was owned by actors who were also shareholders in Lord Chamberlain's Men Two of the six Globe shareholders, Richard Burbage and his brother Cuthbert Burbage, owned double shares, or 25% each Shakespeare, John Heminges, Augustine Phillips, and Thomas Pope, owned a single share, or 12.5%

Motto

The name of the Globe supposedly alludes to the Latin tag totus mundus agit histrionem

Plays

Most of Shakespeares post-1599 plays were staged at the globe theatre including Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Othello, King Lear, and Hamlet

Destruction
It burned down during a performance of Henry the 8th on June 29, 1613 Later it was closed down by the Puritans in 1642 In 1644 it was destroyed to make room for tenements

Discovery
Until 1989 the location of the Globe Theatre was unknown What was left of its foundations were found under the car park of the Anchor Terrace on Park Street