Well lets start this off with a little bit of technical thinking. The dimensions of the original Globe (based on John Orrell's The Quest for Shakespeare's Globe) are as follows: · Diameter: 100 ft surface to surface / 99 ft centre to centre · Yard: 70 ft between post centres / 69 ft surface to surface · Stage: 49 ft 6 inches across · Stage height: 5 feet. · Gallery Depth: 15 ft 6 inches overall / 15 ft 6 inches between post centres · Overall height: 36 ft. 6 in. · Overall heights from floor to floor: 15 …showed first 75 words of 1266 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1266 total…the actor, who built the Globe and established the Blackfriars Theatre; Richard Burbage was one of the great tragic actors of his day and the roles of Hamlet, Othello and Lear were probably written for him. Burbage Kempe and Shakespeare were all major shareholders in the Globe Theater. Edward Allyen was another great actor of the day but all I could find on him was that he was born in 1566 and died in 1626. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**