Shakespeare's Globe Theater
"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages."
~ William Shakespeare
Took the tube: Mansion House
& walked across the Millennium Bridge to
Shakespeare's Globe Theater
Top-view of Shakespeare's Globe Theater |
M - U - S - E - U - M
included:
included:
miniature display of the original theater
timeline of Shakespeare's life & Elizabethan theater
costume, music & special effects displays
explanation of the rebuilding of the Globe Theater
T - O - U - R
included:
explanation of theater vocabulary
what's a "groundling"?
explanation of seating areas
lower, middle, upper class
first three rows were in the sunshine
difference between new Globe & old Globe
NEW: lights for evening performance
OLD: males played ALL roles (even Cleopatra)
stage-hands setting up for Anne Boleyn |
LOVED the tour & museum so much we
$$ purchased $$
tickets
for August 7th matinee
performance of
"ANNE BOLEYN"
view of stage from middle class section |
I think we might qualify for
M-I-D-D-L-E C-L-A-S-S?
stage-hand in GROUNDLING seating |
THINK AGAIN!!!
ONLY AVAILABLE SEATS
"GROUNDLING"
we'll experience
ELIZABETHAN THEATER
up CLOSE & PERSONAL
GROUNDLING = lower than lowest class
we will be front & center
STANDING on the GROUND!!
Our "GROUNDLING" mates...
Shakespeare Globe pigeons |
Awesome. When we were there it was off season so we didn't get to attend a performance although we did catch MacBeth in the West End. Great pics.
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