ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Globe Theatre is on the banks of what river?
A
Neches
B
Nile
C
Angelina
D
Thames
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A world-renowned theatre, education centre, and cultural landmark. Located on the bank of the River Thames in London, UK, and also always open online.

Detailed explanation-2: -With this money they leased land on the south bank of the River Thames, near the Rose theatre. When and where was the Globe built?

Detailed explanation-3: -Theatres were instead built on the South bank of the Thames River. This was to avoid the strict regulations of London at the time. The city of London did not approve of theatre because public performances were thought to be a breeding ground for the plague and for unseemly behavior (Howard 73).

Detailed explanation-4: -Shakespeare’s Globe is a reconstruction of the Globe Theatre, an Elizabethan playhouse for which William Shakespeare wrote his plays, in the London Borough of Southwark, on the south bank of the River Thames.

Detailed explanation-5: -One cold year was 1599, when Shakespeare’s theatre company the Lord Chamberlain’s Men dismantled their old playhouse in Shoreditch, moved the wooden frame over the Thames, and rebuilt it as the Globe in Southwark. The story goes that the actors hauled the timbers across the icy river in the dead of night.

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