where you can get a Shakespeare quote screen-saver!
Last modified: 6 February, 1996
Shakespeare's Globe now has its own official web site
where you can get a Shakespeare quote screen-saver!
Address: New Globe Walk, Bankside, SE1
Phone: 0171 928 6406
Nearest tube: Mansion House or London Bridge
Nearest BR station: London Bridge
Agents: 0171 344 4444
Admission: 10:00 to 17:00 £4 (£2.50 for children)
Ticket Prices: £5 standing and £11 seated (workshop
season).
There is major centre in London where a reconstruction of Shakespeare's Globe theatre is being undertaken, an idea original conceived by Sam Wanamaker. The site is close to the site of the original Globe theatre which has recently been excavated (in part, the rest being under modern buildings). The new site is next to the Thames close to Southwark Bridge and work started in 1987.
The reconstruction uses information from all available contemporary references to create as accurate a form as possible, within the bounds of modern fire and safety regulations, which have required some invisible measures (e.g. fireproofing of the walls and thatch) and some visible (e.g. additional emergency exits). The site will also contain other buildings to house the bars, restaurants and amenities demanded by a modern audience and these will also reflect older periods of London architecture.
The Globe will be the 6th largest auditorium in London and will take 500 standing and 1000 seated (the original Globe allowed 3000 people in!). Performances will be done during the day in dry weather, `stage lighting' will not be used. An additional enclosed auditorium will be built on site from drawings by Inigo Jones.
The artistic director of the new Globe is Mark Ryance and the education officer is Patrick Spottiswoode. There has been much debate about the nature of performances but it is clear that it will be seen not as a museum but more as a laboratory for exploring performance. Some of the original artistic goals (e.g. no scenery) will be kept, others (e.g. no women on stage!) will be dropped.
The original Globe burned down in 1613. The second Globe was built in 1614 and closed in 1642 later by the Puritans, who banned theatrical performances. It was pulled down in 1644.
Acting workshops commenced at the Globe on August 9th 1995 and the full opening will be in June 1996. The actors, designers and directors (from many countries) of the workshop season are giving their services free. The workshops generally start at 14:30, 16:00 or 18:30 and run at weekends as well as during the week (rarely Mon/Tue).
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