The Globe TheaterThe Globe Theater in London, where William Shakespeare's most famous plays were created; Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth and Twelfth Night were built in 1599 in Southwark, on the south bank of the River Thames in London, by Richard Burbage. It was co-owned by Shakespeare, with a 12.5% ​​share. The Globe was a large three-tiered open-air theater, made from timber taken from the Theatre, a former theater owned by Richard Burbage's father. The Globe Theater burned to the ground on June 29, 1613, during a performance of Shakespeare's last historical play, Henry VIII: Or All Is True, when a special effect, a cannon ignited the thatched roof and the fire spread quickly. The Globe was rebuilt in 1614. In 1997, a third version of the Globe Theater was built as 'Shakespeare's Globe Theatre', close to the original site in Southwark. Shakespeare's Globe Theater Shakespeare refers to the Globe Theater in several of his plays, describing it in the opening passage of Henry V as "that wooden O". In one of Shakespeare's last plays, his beloved romance, The Tempest (1611), Prospero abruptly ends his daughter's wedding masque, asserting, "Our rejoicings are now ended" and continues "the great globe to him -even /… will dissolve” (The Tempest 4.1.148, 153-154).1The theater was a spectacle of action. Due to lack of electricity, all performances took place in the afternoon. None of the accessories we have today; lights, speakers or microphones were then present. No piece was repeated twice, all were played at regular, short intervals, in a repertoire. Elizabethan audiences were deprived of eye-catching background scenes and props. The emphasis was therefore placed on language and costumes. The sumptuous and breathtaking clothes were...... middle of paper......, retrieved April 15. 2014.3. William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act III, Scene 2, http://www.enotes.com/macbeth-text/act-iii-scene-ii#mac-3-2-14, retrieved April 15. 2014.4. William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well, http://shakespeare.mit.edu/allswell/full.html, accessed April 15. 2014.5. “A brief history of the public”. http://www.shakespearetheatre.org. npnd Web. Retrieved April 15. 2014.6. Mabillard, Almond. Shakespeare's audience: the Groundlings. Shakespeare Online. August 20, 2000. Retrieved April 15. 2014. .7. Alchin, LK “Audience of the Théâtre Élisabeth”. http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk. npnd Web. Retrieved April 15. 2014. < http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-theatre-audiences.htm>