196) Johnson refers to
'this fair-fitted _Globe_', and in the _Execration upon Vulcan_
(_Wks.
'this fair-fitted _Globe_', and in the _Execration upon Vulcan_
(_Wks.
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
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. 404) to the burning of the 'Globe, the glory of the
Bank. ' In _Poetaster_ (_Wks. _ 2. 430) he uses the word again
as a generic term: 'your Globes, and your Triumphs. '
There seem to have been two Mermaid Taverns, one of which stood
in Bread Street with passage entrances from Cheapside and Friday
Street, and the other in Cornhill. They are often referred to
by the dramatists. Cf. the famous lines written by _Francis
Beaumont to Ben Jonson_, B. & Fl. , _Wks. _, ed. 1883, 2. 708;
_City Match_, _O. Pl.
