Theater in Shakespeare's lifetime

What was theater like when Shakespeare was alive?

- Only men could perform in plays
- If plays were not liked the audience would throw tomatoes and other soft foods on stage
- Theater was performed in the round
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The Globe Theater

Shakespeare invested in this theater along with his Lord Chamberlains men and it was built in 1599. However it was destroyed by a fire in 1613 and so a second globe theater was built in the same location in 1614 later closing in 1642. The globe theater was an Elizabethan theater
Address- maiden street, London.
The original Globe theater was built out of timber from an old theater called "The Theater". It was built by burbages father in 1579 but on leased land. When the lease ran out the landlord Giles Allen claimed that the building now belonged to him, however it was outright property of the Burbages. Whilst Allen was away at his country home the company took the theater apart and moved it to the location where the globe was being built. The theater later caught fire after a theatrical cannon was fired during a performance of Henry V111 and thus the new theater was built. In 1942 the second Globe was closed and later torn down by the puritans, as was every other theater.