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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The Round
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The Globe
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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 you see today in London is the third Globe. The first opened in 1599 and was built by the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, the company that William Shakespeare wrote for and part-owned.
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: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -What plays were performed at the Globe? Probably the first Shakespeare play to be performed at the Globe was Julius Caesar, in 1599.
Detailed explanation-5: -He was a sharer (part-owner) of a theatre company called The Lord Chamberlain’s Men. And from 1599, he was part-owner of the Globe Theatre. So, for about twenty years, he made money from acting, writing and running a theatre company.