The New London Globe Theatre History Timeline
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| 1949 | Sam Wanamaker visits the site and the remains of the old Globe Theatre. All he finds is a plaque on the wall of a brewery commemorating the famous old theatre |
| 1969 | Sam Wanamaker starts campaigning to build a New Globe theatre replica |
| 1970 | Sam Wanamaker establishes the "Globe Playhouse Trust" an educational charity, in order to raise funds for the building of a replica theatre. HRH Prince Philip agrees to become Patron of the Shakespeare Globe Trust |
| 1970 | Southwark council provides a 1.2 acre site for the project beside the River Thames, opposite St. Paul's Cathedral. The New Globe Theatre will be situated approximately 200 yards from the site of the original Globe theatre |
| 1970 | The key architect Theo Crosby, and his firm, Pentagram are appointed to design the replica of the Globe thaetre |
| 1972 | The Bear Gardens Museum opens with permanent exhibition of 16th and 17th century theatre history. The Bear Gardens was originally the site of a bear baiting arena which was replaced by the Fortune Theatre built by Edward Alleyn |
| 1982 | Professor John Orrell provides new evidence on the shape and dimensions of the Globe by the analysis of a 1647 map of London by Wenceslas Hollar |
| 1985 | The "Friends of Shakespeare's Globe" is founded |
| 1987 | Excavation of the site begins. The "diaphragm" wall, on the side of the theatre closest to the Thames, is constructed to keep the water out. |
| 1988 | The New Globe Theatre project runs short of money. There are doubts whether it will be possible to raise the enormous amount of money required for the replica |
| 1989 | The Globe's original foundations were discovered on Bankside, about two hundred metres from the reconstruction site. 95% of the site of the original Globe is covered by a nineteenth century listed building at 1-15 Anchor Terrace, Southwark Bridge Road |
| 1989 | Theo Crosby presents an idea called, "direct building." The idea was to build the project phase by phase as money came in. |
| 1989 | The Globe Playhouse Trust funds produced ideas to raise money through donations including paving stones engraved with a donator's name, laid on the piazza amongst those sponsored by celebrities such as Sir Laurence Olivier & Sir Anthony Hopkins |
| 1991 | Construction work begins on the foundations of the theatre complex and on the Piazza |
| 1993 | Construction work begins on the theatre itself |
| 1993 | The first performance at the new theatre is made by the Bremer Shakespeare Company after the temporary stage is dedicated by Sir John Gielgud. |
| 1993 | 18th Dec Sam Wanamaker CBE, dies |
| 1994 | 12th September Theo Crosby dies |
| 1994 | The theatre opened its doors for visitors in August and between 1994 and 1996, over 300,000 visitors come to see the theatre under construction |
| 1995 | First International Conference in April the subject is 'Within this Wooden 'O' |
| 1995 | 16th October. The National Lottery donates 12.4 million pounds to the Globe Trust to fund the completion of Globe |
| 1996 | Mark Rylance is appointed artistic director of the New Globe Theatre in January |
| 1996 | August 21, the New Shakespeare's Globe is reopened with a short, unofficial season performing The Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare |
| 1996 | September 10-11 - Second International Conference - "Shakespeare and Tudor Theatrical Traditions" |
| 1996 | The Globe was awarded the European Tourism Initiative Golden Star Award in December by the European Federation of Associations of Tourism Journalists |
| 1997 | 19th - 20th April A team of blacksmiths forge the finishing touches to the ornamental gates facing on to the River Thames |
| 1997 | 27th May - The first performance of the Preview Season starts. The Opening Season includes Shakespeare's Henry V and The Winter's Tale |
| 1997 | April - May: The stage, Frons Scenae and Heavens are built. The roof is thatched and painted |
| 1997 | 7th June - The Festival of Firsts begins; marking the official opening of the new Globe Theatre |
| 1997 | June 12 - Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by HRH Prince Philip, inaugurates the New Globe Theatre in London |
| 1998 | June to September the second season, featuring Shakespeare's As You Like It and The Merchant of Venice |
| 1999 | Winter-Spring - Work begins on the exhibition in the undercroft and on the Millennium footbridge which now links Bankside to Saint Paul's Cathedral and the City |
| 2003 | May 7th - Zoe Wannamaker receives a Southwark Blue Plaque award on behalf of her father |
| 2003 | 13th June - The Blue Plaque was unveiled outside the New Globe Theatre |
The New London Globe Theatre History Timeline
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