Globe Theatre Pictures
Interesting Globe Theatre Pictures
and Elizabethan theatres in use during the life and times of
William Shakespeare in Elizabethan London, England
Original Globe Theatre Pictures
The Globe Theatre was
built in 1599 so there are a limited pictures of the actual
Shakespeares Globe Theatre available. Illustrated maps made of London
during the Elizabethan era of William Shakespeare clearly show the architecture of the buildings, and these
have enabled an approximate picture of the old Globe theatre to be drawn.
It had been assumed that the Globe Theatre had been an
octagonal shaped building. This assumption was based on the
illustrated Visscher map engraving of 1616. But recent
archaeological evidence and other documents, such as the
illustrated Hollar map, indicate that it was actually a
20-sided building. Not one inside picture of the old theatre is in existence, however, a
picture of another amphitheatre, the Swan, has survived. The
picture of the Swan Theatre is by Johannes de Witt, a Dutch
traveller, who visited the Swan between 1596-1598. The
picture was accompanied by a diary by Johannes de Witt which
is probably the single most important source of information
about the internal layout of the London theatres. The
following links provide pictures of the original Globe
Theatre together with pictures of other Elizabethan
theatres. All of these pictures help to provide a
comprehensive view of the Elizabethan theatre.
Globe Theatre London
Visscher Map Picture
New Globe Theatre
New Globe Theatre Stage
Picture
Elizabethan Inn Yard Interior
Picture
Swan Theatre Picture
Inn Yard Picture
Fortune Elizabethan Theatre Picture
Blackfriars Playhouse Picture
Bell Savage Picture
New Globe Theatre Pictures
The Globe Theatre was
reconstructed in London in 1997 and there are many New Globe Theatre
Pictures available. Scholars and architects involved in the
reconstruction looked at the information available regarding the
building and the structure of the original Globe theatre from which
plans to build a replica, a reconstruction, of the old theatre were
drawn.
Globe Theatre Pictures
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