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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It was destroyed by a bus
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It was taken down
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It was sold and became a supermarket
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It was destroyed in a fire, caused by a cannon
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It was blown down in a storm
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Detailed explanation-1: -On 29 June 1613, the Globe Theatre went up in flames during a performance of Henry VIII. A theatrical cannon, set off during the performance, misfired, igniting the wooden beams and thatching.
Detailed explanation-2: -After the fire destroyed the Globe, it was rebuilt with a tiled roof to prevent a similar disaster. However, theatres were gradually closed down in the subsequent years, with the Globe itself closed in 1644 to make way for residential buildings.
Detailed explanation-3: -London’s original Globe Theatre was destroyed by a fire sparked by a cannon shot during a performance of William Shakespeare’s “Henry VIII.”
Detailed explanation-4: -On 29 June 1613, the original Globe theatre in London, where most of William Shakespeare’s plays debuted, was destroyed by fire during a performance of All is True (known to modern audiences as Henry VIII).
Detailed explanation-5: -In 1613, during a performance of Shakespeare’s Henry VIII (co-written with Fletcher), a mis-fired prop canon caused the thatch roof to catch fire. The entire theatre burnt down within two hours, according to eyewitness reports (miraculously, no one was killed).