41-639: The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse is an indoor theatre forming part of the Shakespeare's Globe complex, along with the recreated Globe Theatre on Bankside in Southwark , London. Built by making use of 17th-century plans for an indoor English theatre, the playhouse recalls the layout and style of the Blackfriars Theatre (which also existed in Shakespeare's time), although it is not an exact reconstruction. Unlike
82-409: A deep-level railway running between Gloucester Road and Mansion House, beneath the existing sub-surface line. This new line was to be an express route using electric trains to relieve congestion on the sub-surface tracks. Mansion House was to be the terminus of the express route, with platforms 71 feet (22 m) below the sub-surface ones. No immediate work was carried out on the deep-level line, and
123-465: A design based on the research of historical adviser John Orrell . It was Wanamaker's wish that the new building recreate the Globe as it existed during most of Shakespeare's time there; that is, the 1599 building rather than its 1614 replacement. A study was made of what was known of the construction of The Theatre , the building from which the 1599 Globe obtained much of its timber, as a starting point for
164-582: A junction installed just east of Ealing Broadway station , but it was unremunerative and ceased on 30 September 1885. On 10 October 1884, the MDR and the MR jointly opened the line eastwards to Mark Lane station (closed 1967), thereby completing the "Inner Circle". The first penny chocolate vending machine in the country was installed in the station in July 1886. In 1897 the MDR obtained parliamentary permission to construct
205-423: A large circular yard surrounded by three tiers of raked seating. The only covered parts of the amphitheatre are the stage and the seating areas. The reconstruction was carefully researched so that the new building would be as faithful a replica of the original as possible. This was aided by the discovery of the remains of the original Rose Theatre , a nearby neighbour to the Globe, as final plans were being made for
246-438: Is 873 with an additional 700 " Groundlings " standing in the yard, making up an audience about half the size of a typical audience in Shakespeare's time. Plays are staged during the summer, usually between May and the first week of October; in the winter, the theatre is used for educational purposes. Tours are available all year round. Some productions are filmed and released to cinemas as Globe on Screen productions (usually in
287-527: Is a reconstruction of the Globe Theatre , an Elizabethan playhouse first built in 1599 for which William Shakespeare wrote his plays. Like the original, it is located on the south bank of the River Thames , in Southwark , London. The reconstruction was completed in 1997 and while concentrating on Shakespeare's work also hosts a variety of other theatrical productions. Part of the Globe's complex also hosts
328-470: Is a series of play readings, or staged "performances with scripts" that have been presented as part of the educational programme of Shakespeare's Globe since 1995. The plays selected are those that were written between 1576 and 1642 by Shakespeare's contemporaries or near contemporaries. These readings are performed at Shakespeare's Globe Studios as well as other theatres, halls, festivals and fields nationwide. In 2013 there were Read Not Dead performances at
369-512: Is an oak structure built inside the building's brick shell. The thrust stage is surmounted by a musicians' gallery , and the theatre has an ornately painted ceiling. The seating capacity is 340, with benches in a pit and two horse-shoe galleries, placing the audience close to the actors. Shutters around the first gallery admit artificial daylight. When the shutters are closed, lighting is provided by beeswax candles mounted in sconces , as well as on six height-adjustable chandeliers and even held by
410-552: Is situated just around the corner from the main site. In 1970, American actor and director Sam Wanamaker founded the Shakespeare Globe Trust and the International Shakespeare Globe Centre, with the objective of building a faithful recreation of Shakespeare's Globe close to its original location at Bankside , Southwark. This inspired the founding of a number of Shakespeare's Globe Centres around
451-497: The Great Fire of London in 1666. The modern thatch is well protected by fire retardants, and sprinklers on the roof ensure further protection against fire. The pit has a concrete surface, as opposed to earthen-ground covered with strewn rush from the original theatre. The theatre has extensive backstage support areas for actors and musicians, and is attached to a modern lobby, restaurant, gift shop and visitor centre. Seating capacity
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#1732851651086492-758: The Metropolitan Railway (MR, now the Metropolitan line ) at South Kensington and, although the two companies were rivals, each company operated its trains over the other's tracks in a joint service known as the "Inner Circle". On 1 February 1872, the MDR opened a northbound branch from its station at Earl's Court to connect to the West London Extension Joint Railway (WLEJR, now the West London line) which it connected to at Addison Road station (now named Kensington (Olympia)). From that date
533-626: The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse for smaller, indoor productions, in a setting which also recalls the period. The original globe theatre was built in 1599 by the Lord Chamberlain's Men, destroyed by a fire in 1613, rebuilt in 1614, and then demolished in 1644. The modern Globe Theatre is an academic approximation based on available evidence of the 1599 and 1614 buildings. It is considered quite realistic, though modern safety requirements mean that it accommodates only 1,400 spectators compared to
574-603: The " Outer Circle " service began running over the MDR's tracks. The service was run by the North London Railway (NLR) from its terminus at Broad Street (now demolished) via the North London Line to Willesden Junction , then the West London Line to Addison Road and the MDR to Mansion House. From 1 August 1872, the " Middle Circle " service also began operations through Westminster running from Moorgate along
615-621: The "Outer Circle" service was also withdrawn. In the 1920s Mansion House station's entrance was rebuilt to a design by Charles Holden . It featured a tall glazed screen with the Underground roundel similar to his station designs for the extension to Morden of the City & South London Railway (now the Northern line ) opened between 1924 and 1926. In 1949, the Metropolitan line-operated "Inner Circle"
656-481: The 2016 season, the new artistic director, Emma Rice, began experimenting with the theatre space by installing a temporary lighting and sound rig. The current artistic director, Michelle Terry, has brought back the experimentation on original playing conditions. The Globe operates without any public subsidy and generates £24 million in revenue per year. Acting and design students from the Mason Gross School of
697-521: The Arts at New Jersey 's Rutgers University study abroad at the theater as part of the Rutgers Conservatory at Shakespeare's Globe, a longstanding partnership between the institutions. Adjacent to the Globe is the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse , an indoor theatre modelled after a Jacobean-era theatre and used for performances during the winter months when the main theatre cannot be used. Read Not Dead
738-539: The Globe, the original Blackfriars was not in Southwark but rather across the river. The shell of the playhouse was built during the construction of the Globe complex in the 1990s. The smaller unfinished building was used as a space for education workshops and rehearsals until enough money was raised to complete its true-to-the-period interior. It opened for public performances in January 2014, named after actor Sam Wanamaker ,
779-656: The MR's tracks on the north side of the Inner Circle to Paddington then over the Hammersmith & City Railway (H&CR) track to Latimer Road , then, via a now demolished link, to the West London Line to Addison Road and the MDR to Mansion House. The service was operated jointly by the H&;CR and the MDR. From 1 March 1883, the District operated a service between Mansion House and Windsor , using Great Western Railway tracks from
820-636: The Wilderness Festival and at the Glastonbury Festival . In 2014, the final production in Read not Dead's first season was performed at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, which is the indoor Jacobean style theatre. The play selected for that occasion was Robert Daborne 's A Christian Turn'd Turk . The Globe's productions are often screened in cinemas and released on DVD and Blu-ray. In 2015,
861-409: The actors and the audience could see and interact easily with each other, adding to the feeling of a shared experience and of a community event. Typically, performances have been created in the spirit of experimentation to explore the original playing conditions of the 1599 Globe. Modern and conventional theatre technology such as spotlights and microphones were not used during this period. Beginning in
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#1732851651086902-777: The actors. The design incorporated extensive fire precautions. Under the slightly revised name of the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, the theatre's opening two productions were of plays first performed at the original Blackfriars Theatre: The Duchess of Malfi opened on 15 January 2014 and this was followed by the comedy The Knight of the Burning Pestle . In the winter 2015–16 season Shakespeare's four late tragicomic plays – Pericles , Cymbeline , The Winter's Tale and The Tempest – were staged. 51°30′29″N 0°05′48″W / 51.50792°N 0.09655°W / 51.50792; -0.09655 Shakespeare%27s Globe [REDACTED] Mansion House Shakespeare's Globe
943-538: The earliest known plan for an English theatre, and are thought to approximate the layout of the Blackfriars Theatre. Some features believed to be typical of earlier in the 17th century were added to the new theatre's design. The shell was initially used as a rehearsal space, and for education projects. On 24 February 2012 it was announced that the new theatre would be named the Sam Wanamaker Theatre, after
984-483: The eastbound platform, number 3, are shared by both the Circle and District lines. A third platform was used for terminating eastbound trains, however it is no longer used and the track removed as services continue and terminate at Tower Hill . Despite the station's name, it is not the nearest tube station to Mansion House itself, which is in fact directly opposite an entrance to Bank station . Moreover, two other stations on
1025-453: The founder of the Shakespeare Globe Trust, and work on it would commence in October that year. It was also announced that the total cost would be £7 million, and that an anonymous donor had pledged £1 for every £1 the theatre itself raised, up to a maximum of £3 million. The theatre was completed at a cost of £7.5 million. Designed by Jon Greenfield, in collaboration with Allies and Morrison , it
1066-522: The leading figure in the Globe's reconstruction. The shell was intended to house a simulacrum of the sixteenth-century Blackfriars Theatre from the opposite side of the Thames, adapted as a playhouse in 1596 during Elizabeth's reign. The Lord Chamberlain's Men , Shakespeare's playing company, began to use it in 1608, five years into the Jacobean era . As no reliable plans of the Blackfriars Theatre are known,
1107-474: The modern building's design. To this were added: examinations of other surviving London buildings from the latter part of the 16th century; comparisons with other theatres of the period (particularly the Fortune Playhouse , for which the building contract survives); and contemporary drawings and descriptions of the first Globe. For practical reasons, some features of the 1614 rebuilding were incorporated into
1148-478: The modern design, such as the external staircases. The design team consisted of architect Theo Crosby of Pentagram , structural and services engineer Buro Happold , and quantity surveyors from Boyden & Co. The construction, building research and historic design details were undertaken by McCurdy & Co. In 1994, the name "Globe Theatre" was used by one of the theatres in Shaftesbury Avenue ; to make
1189-518: The name available and to avoid confusion, that year it was renamed as the Gielgud Theatre . The theatre opened in 1997 under the name "Shakespeare's Globe Theatre", and has staged plays every summer. Mark Rylance became the first artistic director in 1995 and was succeeded by Dominic Dromgoole in 2006. In January 2016, Emma Rice began her term as the Globe's third artistic director, but in October 2016 announced her decision to resign from
1230-402: The organisation, following Mark Rylance , the founding artistic director. The site also includes the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse , an indoor theatre which opened in January 2014. This is a smaller, candle-lit space based on historic plans for an indoor playhouse of Jacobean era London (possibly Blackfriars Theatre ). The Shakespeare's Globe Studios, an educational and rehearsal studio complex,
1271-402: The original theatre's 3,000. The modern Shakespeare's Globe was founded by the actor and director Sam Wanamaker , and built about 230 metres (750 ft) from the site of the original theatre in the historic open-air style. It opened to the public in 1997, with a production of Henry V . Michelle Terry currently serves as artistic director. She is the second actor-manager in charge of
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1312-479: The plan for the new theatre was based on drawings found in the 1960s at Worcester College, Oxford , at first thought to date from the early 17th century, and to be the work of Inigo Jones . The shell was built to accommodate a theatre as specified by the drawings, and the planned name was the Inigo Jones Theatre. In 2005, the drawings were dated to 1660 and attributed to John Webb . They nevertheless represent
1353-421: The position. On 24 July 2017 her successor was announced to be the actor and writer Michelle Terry . The theatre is located on Bankside , about 230 metres (750 ft) from the original site—measured from centre to centre. Listed Georgian townhouses now occupy part of the original site and could not be considered for removal. Like the original Globe, the modern theatre has a thrust stage that projects into
1394-638: The residence of the Lord Mayor of London. It opened in 1871 as the eastern terminus of the Metropolitan District Railway . Today, Mansion House is served by the Circle and District lines . It is between Blackfriars and Cannon Street stations and it is in fare zone 1 . The station is located at the junction of Queen Victoria Street and Cannon Street . Mansion House is a sub-surface station with three platforms. The westbound platform, number 1, and
1435-475: The same District and Circle lines ( Cannon Street and Monument ) are also nearer to Mansion House than its namesake. Mansion House station was opened on 3 July 1871 by the Metropolitan District Railway (MDR, now the District line ) when the company extended its line eastwards from St. Paul's station (which is now named Blackfriars). Mansion House became the new eastern terminus of the MDR. The MDR connected to
1476-460: The site and structure. The building itself is constructed entirely of English oak , with mortise and tenon joints and is, in this sense, an "authentic" 16th-century timber-framed building as no structural steel was used. The seats are simple benches (though cushions can be hired for performances) and the Globe has what has been claimed to be the first and only thatched roof permitted in London since
1517-499: The subsequent take over of the MDR by the Underground Electric Railways Company of London (UERL) and the resignalling and electrification of the MDR's routes between 1903 and 1905 meant that congestion was relieved without needing to construct the deep-level line. The plan was dropped in 1908. On 30 June 1900, the "Middle Circle" service was withdrawn between Earl's Court and Mansion House. On 31 December 1908,
1558-451: The venue launched Globe Player, a video-on-demand service enabling viewers to watch the plays on laptops and mobile devices. The theatre was the first in the world to make its plays available as video-on-demand. Replicas and free interpretations of the Globe have been built around the world: Mansion House tube station Mansion House is a London Underground station in the City of London which takes its name from Mansion House ,
1599-412: The world, an activity in which Wanamaker also participated. Many people maintained that a faithful Globe reconstruction was impossible to achieve due to the complications in the 16th-century design and modern fire safety requirements; however, Wanamaker and his associate Diana Devlin persevered in their vision for over 20 years to create the theatre. A new Globe theatre was eventually built according to
1640-436: The year following the live production), and on DVD and Blu-ray. For its first 18 seasons, performances were engineered to duplicate the original environment of Shakespeare's Globe; there were no spotlights, and plays were staged during daylight hours and in the evenings (with the help of interior floodlights), there were no microphones, speakers or amplification. All music was performed live, most often on period instruments; and
1681-465: Was given its own identity on the Tube map as the Circle line. On 29 October 1989, the station was closed for the construction of a new entrance and for further renovation. It reopened on 11 February 1991. During the weekend of 8–9 October 2016 the west-facing bay platform number 2 was decommissioned and the track removed; all District line trains now continue to Tower Hill. As of 2018 the hydraulic buffer at