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The Globe Theater was the most famous and interesting theater in the Elizabethan era. It was built outside of London, after the triumphant reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Many of William Shakespeare's plays were written and performed there. "As Mike Constabile was reporting he added, " The idea of creating plays and theaters to perform them in was a strange new concept for the Europeans of the Elizabeth Era" (Shakespeare's Globe Theater). The Globe began construction …

…VIII", was being performed, and at the time when King Henry came out, they signified it by firing a cannon to announce his presence. One of the sparks set fire to the thatched roof . And afterwards, nobody realized it, but later the whole playhouse burned down. Later on another Globe theater was built on the same foundation as the old one. Ever since Shakespeare retired to Straford, the theater was never the same. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**