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A-Z: General definitions: Globe Theatre
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An Elizabethan theatre associated with the playwright William Shakespeare built in London in 1599. It was destroyed by fire in 1613 and the following year a new theatre was built which then closed in 1642. In 1997 Shakespeare’s Globe, a modern reconstruction close to the site of the original theatre, was opened.
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Elizabethan and Jacobean theatre design
Relating to the period of time of Elizabeth I of England.
1. Drama, plays, with emphasis on the performance 2. The building in which plays are enacted.
Sixteenth/seventeenth century world-renowned English poet and playwright of comedies, histories and tragedies.
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