Shakespeare's Globe Theatre

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Daily Highlights Sunday, June 29, 2008

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Shakespeare's Globe Theatre

Nearly 400 years ago, on this date in 1613, the Globe Theatre burned down during a performance of Shakespeare's Henry VIII. Sparks that flew from a cannon used during the production ignited a thatched roof of the gallery, resulting in the fire. The theater was rebuilt with a tile roof and reopened a year later. The Puritans closed all the theaters in London in 1642, including the Globe. Remnants of the building were discovered in 1989 and a replica of the theater was built and opened in 1997. It sports the first thatched roof permitted in London since the Great Fire of London in 1666.

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"Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues we write in water." — William Shakespeare, King Henry VIII