Globe Theatre PicturesInteresting Globe Theatre Pictures and Elizabethan theatres in use during the life and times of
William Shakespeare in Elizabethan London, England Original Globe Theatre Pictures
It had been assumed that the Globe Theatre had been an octagonal shaped building. This assumption was based on the illustrated Visscher map engraving of 1616. But recent archaeological evidence and other documents, such as the illustrated Hollar map, indicate that it was actually a 20-sided building. Not one inside picture of the old theatre is in existence, however, a picture of another amphitheatre, the Swan, has survived. The picture of the Swan Theatre is by Johannes de Witt, a Dutch traveller, who visited the Swan between 1596-1598. The picture was accompanied by a diary by Johannes de Witt which is probably the single most important source of information about the internal layout of the London theatres. The following links provide pictures of the original Globe Theatre together with pictures of other Elizabethan theatres. All of these pictures help to provide a comprehensive view of the Elizabethan theatre. Globe Theatre London Visscher Map Picture
New Globe Theatre
New Globe Theatre Stage Picture
Elizabethan Inn Yard Interior Picture
Swan Theatre Picture
Inn Yard Picture
Fortune Elizabethan Theatre Picture
Blackfriars Playhouse Picture
Bell Savage Picture New Globe Theatre Pictures
The Globe Theatre was reconstructed in London in 1997 and there are many New Globe Theatre Pictures available. Scholars and architects involved in the reconstruction looked at the information available regarding the building and the structure of the original Globe theatre from which plans to build a replica, a reconstruction, of the old theatre were drawn.
Globe Theatre Pictures
Interesting Facts and information about the Globe Theatre Pictures. Additional details, facts and information about the Globe Theatre can be accessed via the Globe Theatre Sitemap.
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