Everyone should go at least once!
18 Apr 08, 18:34
Beyond expectations
The only thing i can fault about this place is that the seats are uncomfortable. But in the name of authenticity i didn't mind! You can get standing seats for a £5 as well, and at a price that cheap you don't even need to stay for the whole thing if your legs ache! Keep an eye out for special evening or very late performances - you might get a bacon buttie after the show! Seeing Shakespeare's plays performed how he would have wanted is great.
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In Remembrance of Shakespeare
16 Apr 08, 16:10
Beyond expectations
This is a very interesting place. The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, and was destroyed by fire on June 29, 1613. A second Globe Theatre was rebuilt on the same site by June 1614 and closed in 1642. A modern reconstruction of the Globe, named "Shakespeare's Globe", opened in 1997.
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Anthony J.
Willesden Green
15 reviews
Pretentious, but still one great day out.
11 May 07, 16:09
Above expectations
There's something truely mindblowing about visiting the Globe Theatre. Built on the bank of the Thames, next to Tate Modern, the Globe has staged both Shakespearean and modern plays for many years now. A fascinating venue, it never fails to disappoint. Yet, for all it's glory, the one amusing aspect of it is it's lack of real solid realism. The original Globe, a place for the every day Tudor peasant to go, has been almost perfectly reconstructed, albeit with more fire exits, however the ease of the every day man to attend has been cut down as seats cost varying prices, focused around the £20 mark. True there is standing for a fiver, but so often with the Globe, you must learn to book far in advance or risk being turned away. Added to this, an air of smug about the place, and it isn't difficult to find yourself feeling somewhat ostrocised by your surroundings. Despite this however, once settled in, over priced can of Fosters in hand, and awaiting the show, you can't help but feeling in awe of your surroundings and the miracle of the play infront of you. Not necessarily an easy venue to visit, but definately worth that extra effort.
