Theatre Profile

The Theatre that interested me the most into talking about is The Globe theater.

History
The Globe Theatre was an early English theatre in London where most of William Shakespeare's plays were first presented. It was built in 1599 by two brothers, Richard and Cuthbert Burbage, who named , The Theatre. In the winter of 1598, the lease on The Theatre was due to expire because of an increase in rent. The Burbage brothers decided to demolish the building piece by piece, ship the pieces across the Thames River to Southwark, London on the south bank, and rebuild it there. The reconstructed theatre was completed in 1599 and was renamed The Globe. The shares of the new building were divided among the Burbage brothers and William Shakespeare, who had been one of the leading players of the Lord Chamberlain's Men, a popular group of actors, since late 1594. The Globe can hold about 2000 people and was once thought to be able to hold 3000.

Education
Not only do professionals perform at The Globe but plays all year around contain over a total of 100,000 students and teachers performing in them. From October to March they can experience the relationship between play and playground for themselves as they take to the Globe stage. The Globe stage is a central part of all courses for undergraduates, graduates and summer schools for teachers. A range of events for families are offered throughout the year. Lectures, seminars and staged readings for the general public provide historical and theatrical contexts for Shakespeare’s plays and playhouse. A research library and performance archive is open by appointment and research seminars are regularly held for post-graduate students and scholars. The Globe is an open house and is open to all.

Why "The Globe" appeals to me
The reason why The Globe appeals to me is probably the same reason why it would appeal to anyone else. The History of The Globe is so interesting I like to read about it. The fact that it was built, torn down into sections, carried some distance across a river, and rebuilt is just phenomenal. Accomplishing such a task nowadays would probably be a ridiculously hard task to do let along trying to tear a theatre down into sections and rebuilding it in 1598-99. I can only imagine how or what they used to carry the sections and drag them. Also, it said that the lease was expired in the winter of 1598 and the Theatre was torn down and rebuilt in 1599 which means all that happened in less than a year. This is over 400 years ago that they did this, I can't believe they even knew how to build a theatre back then in the first place.

Types of Material
When the globe puts on a performance, they must really go all out. I checked out their performances for the next 3 months and their are only 3 of them. The 2 currently playing right now are "Romeo and Juliet" and "The Frontline" and one that's playing in about a month and a half is "As you like it." I guess it would've been a pretty obvious guess in the first place that they play pretty much all Shakespeare plays. I was reading about "The Frontline" by Che Walker, and it seems pretty interesting. Its apparently about a complete mix of different kinds of people and their vast array of problems. Drugs, violence, racism, alienation of modern youth, single parenthood and mental illness all on the streets of present London. That sounds like it could be really good, like anything could happen in any order or fashion. Other things they are having at The Globe currently are many different kinds of events. There are just as many events of many different kinds being held their as their are performances. If I lived near The Globe I would definitely attend their performances. No matter who you are, you've heard of William Shakespeare and no matter how picky you are, you know you would have to see a play if it was by Shakespeare and it wasn't your kind of play at all. I haven't seen a play by Shakespeare yet, but I've seen his popular pieces as movies and they are can be very interesting at times.