31 January 2015 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Rubric: General, London, Museums, Exhibitions, Opera Houses, Theaters, Libraries
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The Globe Theatre was a theatre in
London associated with
William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 by Shakespeare’s
playing company, the
Lord Chamberlain’s Men, on land owned by
Thomas Brend and inherited by his son,
Nicholas Brend and grandson
Sir Matthew Brend, and was destroyed by fire on 29 June 1613. A second Globe Theatre was built on the same site by June 1614 and closed in 1642.
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