FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Yes
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No
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 at Southwark, close to the south bank of the Thames, by Shakespeare’s playing company, the Lord Chamberlain’s Men. It was destroyed by fire on 29 June 1613.
Detailed explanation-2: -In May 1599 the first theatre was ready to be opened and it was named the Globe. The theatre was originally named the Globe after the figure of Hercules. Hercules is seen carrying the globe and hence why it was chosen as the name for the theatre.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Globe, which opened in 1599, became the playhouse where audiences first saw some of Shakespeare’s best-known plays.
Detailed explanation-4: -Shakespeare called his theatre a ‘wooden O’ and like his historic playhouse our Globe Theatre is a 360° auditorium.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Theatre of Dionysus is a major theatre in Athens, considered to be the world’s first theatre, built at the foot of the Athenian Acropolis.