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The
New London Globe Theatre History Timeline
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| 1949 |
Sam Wanamaker visits the site and the remains of the old
Globe
Theatre. All he finds is a plaque on the wall of a brewery commemorating the
famous old theatre |
| 1969 |
Sam Wanamaker starts
campaigning to build a New Globe theatre replica |
| 1970 |
Sam Wanamaker establishes the "Globe Playhouse Trust" an educational charity, in order to raise funds for the building of a replica
theatre. HRH Prince Philip agrees to become Patron of the Shakespeare Globe Trust |
| 1970 |
Southwark council provides a
1.2 acre site for the project beside the River
Thames, opposite St.
Paul's Cathedral. The New Globe Theatre will be
situated approximately 200 yards from
the site of the original Globe theatre |
| 1970 |
The key architect Theo Crosby, and his firm, Pentagram are appointed to design the replica
of the
Globe thaetre |
| 1972 |
The
Bear Gardens Museum opens with permanent
exhibition of 16th and 17th century theatre
history. The Bear Gardens was originally the
site of a bear baiting arena which was replaced by the Fortune
Theatre built by Edward Alleyn |
| 1982 |
Professor John Orrell provides new evidence on the shape and dimensions of the Globe by
the
analysis of a 1647 map of London by Wenceslas Hollar |
| 1985 |
The "Friends of Shakespeare's Globe" is founded |
| 1987 |
Excavation of the site begins.
The "diaphragm" wall, on the side of the theatre closest
to the
Thames, is constructed to keep the water out. |
| 1988 |
The
New Globe Theatre project runs short of money. There are doubts whether it will be possible to raise the enormous
amount of
money required for the replica |
| 1989 |
The Globe's original foundations were discovered on Bankside, about two hundred metres from
the
reconstruction site. 95% of the site of the original Globe is covered by a
nineteenth century listed building at 1-15
Anchor Terrace, Southwark Bridge Road |
| 1989
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Theo Crosby presents an idea called, "direct building." The idea was to build the project
phase by
phase as money came in. |
| 1989 |
The Globe Playhouse Trust funds produced ideas to raise money
through donations including paving
stones engraved with a donator's name, laid on the piazza amongst those sponsored by
celebrities
such as Sir Laurence Olivier & Sir Anthony Hopkins |
| 1991 |
Construction work begins on the foundations of the theatre
complex and on the Piazza |
| 1993 |
Construction work begins on the theatre itself |
| 1993 |
The first performance at the new
theatre is made by the Bremer Shakespeare Company after the temporary
stage is dedicated by Sir John Gielgud. |
| 1993 |
18th Dec Sam Wanamaker CBE, dies |
| 1994 |
12th September Theo Crosby dies |
| 1994 |
The theatre opened its doors for visitors
in August and between 1994 and 1996, over 300,000
visitors
come to see the theatre under construction |
| 1995 |
First International Conference in April the subject is 'Within
this Wooden 'O' |
| 1995 |
16th October. The National Lottery donates 12.4 million pounds to the Globe Trust to fund the completion of Globe |
| 1996 |
Mark Rylance is appointed artistic director of the New Globe
Theatre in January |
| 1996 |
August 21, the New Shakespeare's Globe
is reopened with a short, unofficial season performing The Two Gentlemen of Verona
by William Shakespeare |
| 1996 |
September 10-11 - Second International Conference - "Shakespeare and Tudor Theatrical Traditions" |
| 1996 |
The Globe was awarded the European Tourism Initiative Golden
Star Award in December by the European Federation of
Associations of Tourism Journalists |
| 1997 |
19th - 20th April A team of blacksmiths forge the finishing touches to the ornamental gates
facing on
to the River Thames |
| 1997 |
27th May - The first performance of the Preview Season starts. The Opening Season includes Shakespeare's Henry V and The Winter's Tale |
|
1997 |
April - May: The stage, Frons Scenae
and Heavens are built. The roof is thatched and painted |
| 1997 |
7th June - The Festival of Firsts begins; marking the official
opening of the new Globe Theatre |
| 1997 |
June 12 - Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by HRH Prince
Philip, inaugurates the New Globe Theatre in London |
| 1998 |
June to September the second season, featuring Shakespeare's As You Like It and The Merchant
of Venice |
| 1999 |
Winter-Spring - Work begins on the exhibition in the undercroft and on the Millennium
footbridge
which now links Bankside to Saint Paul's Cathedral and the
City |
| 2003 |
May 7th - Zoe Wannamaker receives a Southwark
Blue Plaque award on behalf of her father |
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2003
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13th June - The Blue Plaque was unveiled outside
the New Globe Theatre |
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The
New London Globe Theatre History Timeline
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