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17</head><body bgcolor="#E6E6E6"><div align="center"><table cellspacing="0" width="97%" height="1%"><tr><td></td></tr></table><div align="center"><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="99%" bordercolor="#333333" style="border: 1px solid #333333" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" height="456"><tr><td valign="top"><div align="center"><table width="97%" height="10"><tr><td></td></tr></table><div align="center"><table cellspacing="0" width="98%" height="76"><tr><td valign="bottom"><h1 align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#404040">Globe Theatre Fire</font></h1></td><td width="76" valign="top"><p align="center"><img border="0" src="images/siteseen6.png" width="76" height="76"></td></tr></table><table width="97%" height="10"><tr><td></td></tr></table><div align="center"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="98%"><tr><td valign="top" width="34%"><img src="images/king-henery-VIII.jpg" width="100%"></td><td valign="middle" rowspan="2"><p><font face="Arial" color="#383838"><b>The Biography of William Shakespeare</b></font><ul><li><font face="Arial" color="#383838">Fire at the William Shakespeare Globe Theatre!</font></li><li><font face="Arial" color="#383838">What play was being performed?</font></li><li><font face="Arial" color="#383838">How did the Globe Theatre fire start?</font></li><li><font face="Arial" color="#383838">What was the damage?&nbsp;</font></li><li><font face="Arial" color="#383838">Interesting information about the theater, life and times of William Shakespeare</font></li></ul><p><font face="Arial" color="#383838"><b>Globe Theatre Fire</b></font></p><p><font face="Arial" color="#383838"><b>THE GLOBE THEATRE FIRE</b></font></p><ul><li><font face="Arial" color="#383838">The Globe Theater was built in just 6 months between 1597 and 1598</font></li><li><font face="Arial" color="#383838">The Chamberlain's men acting company, including William Shakespeare used the Globe, an open-air amphitheatre, as the venue for their summer productions</font></li><li><font face="Arial" color="#383838">The theatre held more than 1500 people - it was a huge building - made of timber and with thatched roofs</font></li><li><font face="Arial" color="#383838">There was no heating and limited artificial lighting</font></li><li><font face="Arial" color="#383838">There was one entrance</font></li><li><font face="Arial" color="#383838">And there were two flights of stairs leading to the galleries which surrounded the 'Pit' and the stage</font></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" height="46"><p align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#383838">Picture of scene from King Henry VIII<br>which was playing at the time of the Globe fire</font></td></tr></table><div align="center"><div align="center"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="98%" height="30"><tr><td width="37%" valign="top"><p align="center"><font face="Arial"><a href="./">William Shakespeare Index</a></font></td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="99%" height="120"><tr><td><p align="center">

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30</td></tr></table><table width="97%" height="10"><tr><td></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="98%"><tr><td><ul><li><font face="Arial" color="#383838">There were three tiers of roofed galleries with balconies and the seats in each of the three levels of galleries were tiered with three rows of wooden benches which increased in size towards the back, following the shape of the structure of the building</font></li><li><font face="Arial" color="#383838">To get to the stairs the members of the audience would walk behind the wooden benches through each of the galleries</font></li><li><font face="Arial" color="#383838">The Globe was clearly a huge Fire Risk! </font></li></ul><p><font face="Arial" color="#383838"><b>THE GLOBE THEATRE FIRE</b></font></p><ul><li><font face="Arial" color="#383838">The competition between the theatres was fierce!</font></li><li><font face="Arial" color="#383838">The better the plays and the better the special effects that accompanied them led to bigger audiences</font></li><li><font face="Arial" color="#383838">The special effects used at the Globe were spectacular!</font></li><li><font face="Arial" color="#383838">There were smoke effects, fireworks (for dramatic battle scenes), trap-doors and rigging which allowed for flying entrances. There was even music to accompany the plays!</font></li><li><font face="Arial" color="#383838">The acting company became more ambitious with their ideas for special effects!</font></li><li><font face="Arial" color="#383838">Someone had the idea of using a real cannon on the stage! This would be used at the beginning of a performance and would have produced an amazing sound effect!</font></li><li><font face="Arial" color="#383838">Safety issues were not discussed! Fire hazards were ignored!</font></li><li><font face="Arial" color="#383838">On June 29th 1613 fire broke out at the Globe Theatre - William Shakespeare would not have been in the theatre at the time of the fire as he had retired to Stratford-upon-Avon</font></li><li><font face="Arial" color="#383838">A canon had been used for special effects, heralding grand entrances!</font></li><li><font face="Arial" color="#383838">The canon was loaded with gunpowder and wadding</font></li><li><font face="Arial" color="#383838">The canon was fired during a performance of King Henry VIII</font></li><li><font face="Arial" color="#383838">The thatched roof caught on fire</font></li><li><font face="Arial" color="#383838">Fire would have spread quickly - the building was made of wood</font></li><li><font face="Arial" color="#383838">There must have been a terrible panic to get out of the building - there were no planned controls for evacuation - there were no fire extinguishers - there were no professional fire-fighters and there was no fire brigade</font></li><li><font face="Arial" color="#383838">The Globe Theatre burned to the ground</font></li><li><font face="Arial" color="#383838">There are no records of the death toll or number of casualties</font></li><li><font face="Arial" color="#383838">William Shakespeare must have been devastated at the news of the fire</font></li><li><font face="Arial" color="#383838">Plans were put into effect to replace the theatre</font></li><li><font face="Arial" color="#383838">In 1614 the Globe Theatre was rebuilt, so there were in fact two original Globe Theatres!</font></li><li><font face="Arial" color="#383838">The risk of fire in the 1600's was massive. The buildings were nearly all built with timber and had thatched roofs. The inevitable occurred and in 1666 the city was devastated by the <a href="http://www.rhymes.org.uk/bells-st-martins.htm">Great Fire of London</a>. Following the Great Fire thatched roofs were forever banned in London. This ban was only lifted in 1994 when the New Globe Theatre was reconstructed in London!</font></li></ul></td></tr></table><table width="97%" height="10"><tr><td></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="99%" height="120"><tr><td><p align="center">

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42</td></tr></table><table width="97%" height="10"><tr><td></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="98%" ><tr><td><font face="Arial" color="#383838"><b>THE END OF THE GLOBE THEATRE</b></font><ul><li><font face="Arial" color="#383838">The Globe Theatre was not destroyed in the Great Fire of London</font></li><li><font face="Arial" color="#383838">It was demolished by the Puritans in 1644</font><ul><li><font face="Arial" color="#383838">In 1642 the English Puritan Parliament issued an order stopping all stage plays in the theatres</font></li><li><font face="Arial" color="#383838">The Puritans moved England to a much stricter code of conduct</font></li><li><font face="Arial" color="#383838">The use of fine clothes and flippant behaviours was banned</font></li><li><font face="Arial" color="#383838">The English Civil War broke out in 1642 which led to the beheading of Charles I</font></li><li><font face="Arial" color="#383838">In 1644 the Globe Theatre was demolished by the Puritans</font></li><li><font face="Arial" color="#383838">The Puritans eventually lost power and the throne was restored to Charles II (who was called the Merry Monarch)</font></li><li><font face="Arial" color="#383838">In 1660 the theatres finally open again but the Globe was never re-built</font></li></ul></li><li><font face="Arial" color="#383838">The risk of fire in the 1600's was massive. The buildings were nearly all built with timber and had thatched roofs. The inevitable occurred and in 1666 the city was devastated by the <a href="http://www.rhymes.org.uk/bells-st-martins.htm">Great Fire of London</a>. Following the Great Fire thatched roofs were forever banned in London. This ban was only lifted in 1994 when the New Globe Theatre was reconstructed in London!</font></li></ul><h2 align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#383838">Globe Theatre Fire</font></h2></td></tr></table><table width="97%" height="10"><tr><td></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="98%" ><tr><td width="20%" align="center"><font color="#CEB980" face="Arial"><a href="copyright.htm" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: none">© 2017 Siteseen Ltd.</a></font></td><td width="20%" align="center"><font color="#FFCC00" face="Arial"><a rel="nofollow" href="cookies_policy.htm" style="text-decoration: none">Cookies Policy</a></font></td><td width="20%" align="center"><div align="center"><table id="table11" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 20px; height: 19px"><tr><td height="19"><!--BEGIN ADCHOICES HTML HERE--><a id="adChoicesLogo" href="//quantcast.com/adchoices-pub?pub=md78T2EwMgEVv8TEXxAzhg" style="display: block; width: 100px; height: 16px; line-height: 16px; text-align: left; background: transparent url(//aboutads.quantcast.com?icon=md78T2EwMgEVv8TEXxAzhg) no-repeat right 0; font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial;" target="_blank">AdChoices</a> <!--END ADCHOICES HTML HERE--></td></tr></table></div></td><td width="20%" align="center"><font face="Arial"><a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/+LindaAlchin/about?rel=author"><span style="text-decoration: none">By Linda Alchin</span></a></font></td><td width="20%" align="center"><font color="#CEB980" face="Arial"><a href="privacy-statement.htm" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: none">Privacy Statement</a></font></td></tr></table><table width="97%" height="10"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table><div align="center"><table width="97%" height="10"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><marquee style="color: #383838; font-family:Arial" bgcolor="#e6e6e6" width="100%" high="30" scrollamount="2" scrolldelay="10">William Shakespeares Life - Will - Wm - Bard - Writer - Author - Playwright - Poet - Dramatist - Williamshakespeareslife -&nbsp; William Shakesphere - Shakespheres - Shakespere - Shakespear - Will - Wm - Shakspeare - Shaksper - Shakspeer - Williamshakespeare - Shakesphere - Williamshakespeares - Scriptwriter - Poetry - Plays - Prose - Writing style - Will - Wm - Shakespear Bio - Timeline Index - Fast Information - Short - Concise - Biography - Info - Bard - Stratford-upon-Avon - Biography - Life and Times - Shakespear Bio - William Shakesphere - Shakespheres - Shakespere - Shakespear - Shakspeare - Shaksper - Shakspeer - Williamshakespeare - Shakesphere Will - Wm - Williamshakespeares - Timeline Index - Fast Information - Short - Concise - Biography - Info - Bard - Writer - Author - Playwright - Poet - Dramatist - Scriptwriter - Poetry - Plays - Prose - Writing style - Will - Wm - Williamshakespeare - Written By Linda Alchin</marquee> </body></html>