ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Globe was an acting company in London
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The first Globe, based on the skeleton of the original Theatre of 1576, was unique not just as the most famous example of that peculiar and short-lived form of theatre design but because it was actually the first to be built specifically for an existing acting company and financed by the company itself.

Detailed explanation-2: -Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre works to reconstruct the open-air playhouse where the famous playwright created his most famous work and in a sense is where some of the greatest work in history was written. When people first hear about this location and when they visit it, the common question is why it’s called The Globe.

Detailed explanation-3: -Shakespeare was involved in many aspects of London’s professional theatrical world. He was an actor, a playwright, and a shareholder in an acting company known as the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, which became the King’s Men when James I became king in 1603.

Detailed explanation-4: -King’s Men, English theatre company known by that name after it came under royal patronage in 1603. Its previous name was the Lord Chamberlain’s Men. Considered the premier acting company in Jacobean England, the troupe included William Shakespeare as its leading dramatist and Richard Burbage as it principal actor.

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