It was erected from
materials
brought
by Richard Burbage and Peter Street from the theatre in Shoreditch.
by Richard Burbage and Peter Street from the theatre in Shoreditch.
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accounted the daintiest dish in England; and, I think, for the
bigness of the biggest price. ' Jonson mentions the godwit in this
connection twice in the _Sil. Wom. _ (_Wks. _ 3. 350 and 388), and
in Horace, _Praises of a Country Life_ (_Wks. _ 9. 121) translates
'attagen Ionicus' by 'Ionian godwit. '
=3. 3. 26 The Globes, and Mermaides! = Theatres and taverns. Mr.
Halliwell-Phillipps has proved that the Globe Theatre on the
Bankside, Southwark, the summer theatre of Shakespeare and his
fellows, was built in 1599.
It was erected from materials brought
by Richard Burbage and Peter Street from the theatre in Shoreditch.
On June 29, 1613, it was destroyed by fire, but was rebuilt without
delay in a superior style, and this time with a roof of tile, King
James contributing to the cost. Chamberlaine, writing to Alice
Carleton (June 30, 1614), calls the Globe Playhouse 'the fairest in
England. ' It was pulled down Apr. 15, 1644.
Only the Lord Chamberlain's Company (the King's Men) seems to
have acted here. It was the scene of several of Shakespeare's
plays and two of Jonson's, _Every Man out_ and _Every Man in_
(Halliwell-Phillips, _Illustrations_, p. 43). The term 'summer
theatre' is applicable only to the rebuilt theatre (_ibid. _, p.
44). In _Ev. Man out_ (quarto, _Wks. _ 2. 196) Johnson refers to
'this fair-fitted _Globe_', and in the _Execration upon Vulcan_
(_Wks. _ 8.
bigness of the biggest price. ' Jonson mentions the godwit in this
connection twice in the _Sil. Wom. _ (_Wks. _ 3. 350 and 388), and
in Horace, _Praises of a Country Life_ (_Wks. _ 9. 121) translates
'attagen Ionicus' by 'Ionian godwit. '
=3. 3. 26 The Globes, and Mermaides! = Theatres and taverns. Mr.
Halliwell-Phillipps has proved that the Globe Theatre on the
Bankside, Southwark, the summer theatre of Shakespeare and his
fellows, was built in 1599.
It was erected from materials brought
by Richard Burbage and Peter Street from the theatre in Shoreditch.
On June 29, 1613, it was destroyed by fire, but was rebuilt without
delay in a superior style, and this time with a roof of tile, King
James contributing to the cost. Chamberlaine, writing to Alice
Carleton (June 30, 1614), calls the Globe Playhouse 'the fairest in
England. ' It was pulled down Apr. 15, 1644.
Only the Lord Chamberlain's Company (the King's Men) seems to
have acted here. It was the scene of several of Shakespeare's
plays and two of Jonson's, _Every Man out_ and _Every Man in_
(Halliwell-Phillips, _Illustrations_, p. 43). The term 'summer
theatre' is applicable only to the rebuilt theatre (_ibid. _, p.
44). In _Ev. Man out_ (quarto, _Wks. _ 2. 196) Johnson refers to
'this fair-fitted _Globe_', and in the _Execration upon Vulcan_
(_Wks. _ 8.
