FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The Earth
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Theater-in-the-round
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Universe
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Statford-upon-Avon
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Detailed explanation-1: -A modern reconstruction of the theatre, named “Shakespeare’s Globe", opened in 1997, with a production of Henry V. It is an academic approximation of the original design, based on available evidence of the 1599 and 1614 buildings, and is located approximately 750 feet (230 m) from the site of the original theatre.
Detailed explanation-2: -Another name for the Globe Theatre in London was the Wooden O. The Globe Theatre is well known for its circular shape and was constructed out of wood.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Globe was built as a large, round, open-air theatre. There was a roof around the circumference which covered the seating area, leaving the theatre looking like a doughnut from above.
Detailed explanation-4: -Its circular shape, though, reflected not the D-shape of a Roman amphitheatre but the gatherings of crowds in a circle around the actors in town marketplaces, where all the players of 1576 got their training.
Detailed explanation-5: -In 1576 he had built the first successful amphitheatre, known as The Theatre, in a London suburb. Twenty years later, when the lease on The Theatre’s land was about to expire, he built the theatre in Blackfriars as its replacement.