2.  Lord Chamberlain’s men were acting in a theater they technically owned, but the lease on the land it stood on expired  Their landlord wanted to get rid of the theater so they bought a new property  The neighbors of the theater complained so a man involved with it went to the men’s landlord to renegotiate the lease

3.  In the lease it was apparently stated that two brothers could tear down the theater themselves  The brothers, their carpenter, and a group of workers tore down the old theater and moved the materials across the Thames to Bankside while their landlord was away  They used this to construct a new Globe  The landlord wanted to sue the carpenter but the courts sided with the carpenter  When the Globe was finally finished it was where many of Shakespeare’s notorious plays were performed

4. Open air theater In the shape of an octagon 3 stories high

5.  Diameter approximately 100 feet  Seats 3,000 people  Stage was approximately 43 feet by 28 feet Stage contained trap doors and overhead rigging

6.  More wealthy people sat in the gallery, the more expensive seats  Poorer audiences stood in the pit

7. Built by Shakespeare’s company in 1589 Located in London’s Bankside District

8. One of three other theaters in the area, the Swan, the Rose, and the Hope The Rose and the Globe were in constant competition The Rose

9.  Burned down in 1613 but rebuilt shortly after  Puritans closed it down in 1642 along with other theaters  Its foundations were rediscovered in 1989  In 1996, the most recent version of the Globe Theater was completed

10. "Shakespeare Resource Center - Shakespeare's Globe." Shakespeare Resource Center. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 Apr. 2012.