Opening Night of the Globe Theatre (1599)

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The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 at Southwark, close to the south bank of the Thames, by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men. It was destroyed by fire on 29 June 1613.

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William Shakespeare · 1564 CE – 1616 CE

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