London: The Globe (1599)

Country: England, United Kingdom
City: London
Borough: London Borough of Southwark
Location: Bankside

Built 1599 by Cuthbert and Richard Burbage, using timber from "The Theatre" in Shoreditch (London's first permanent playhouse that was thus demolished). Apparently named after the figure of Hercules bearing the globe, as showed on the theatre's sign. Destroyed by a fire on 29 June 1613 after two cannons had been fired off during a performance of Shakespeare's "Henry VIII."

[In 1614, a new "Globe", built from tiles, was erected on the same site. Demolished in 1644. In 1997, a reconstruction at another site in Bankside was opened as "Shakespeare's Globe".]

Notable world premieres:

  • William Shakespeare: Julius Caesar (21 Sep 1599*)
  • William Shakespeare: Troilus and Cressida (probably 1601/1602)
  • William Shakespeare: Macbeth (20 Apr 1611*)
  • William Shakespeare: The Winter's Tale (15 May 1611*)
  • William Shakespeare: Henry VIII. (29 June 1613*)
* earliest recorded production

Links: Wikipedia, Theatres Trust

London: The Globe Front Text: "The Globe"
Reverse Text: "The Globe Theatre. From Visscher's View of London, 1616"
Publisher: Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington D.C.; The Meriden Gravure Company, Meriden CT
Type: Divided Back; early 20th-century repro postcard of a 1616 engraving, showing the situation around 1600
Size: Classic
Not sent.

London: The Globe Front Text: "The Globe on the Bancke Side, where Shakespeare acted. From an Old View of London published in 1579" [correct: 1616]
Reverse Text: "Illustration of the Globe theatre from 'Shakespeare Portraits and Miscellanies' collected by W.O. Hunt, 1864. From the Collections of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust"
Publisher: Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon; 50700000667270
Type: Divided Back; 2020s repro postcard of an 1864 drawing after an 1616 engraving, showing the situation around 1600
Size: 17.8 x 12.5
Not sent.

London: The Globe Front Text: "The Globe Theatre in the days of Shakespeare, George Pycroft, Del."
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

London: The Globe Collectible Cards
Reverse Text: "The Globe Theatre, Southwark - Exterior."; "[...] - Interior."
Publisher: John Player & Sons; Shakespearean Series; Nos. 14 & 15
Size: 6.8 x 3.6 cm each

London: The Globe Collectible Image
Reverse Text: "Das Theater Shakespeares im Glanz der englischen Hofgesellschaft"
Publisher: Fritz Homann AG, Dissen (Germany); Geschichte unserer Welt, Bild 85
Size: 11.5 x 8.0 cm

London: The Globe Front Text: "A remarkable Model of the original Globe Theatre, Bankside (Interior)."
Publisher: Published in connection with the Lectures and Rembles by A. H. Blake, M.A., F.R.Hist.S. Organised by the Extension Lecture Committee of the Selborne Society
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

London: The Globe Reverse Text: "The Globe Playhouse. Scale model by John Cranford Adams. The Folger Shakespeare Library. Washington, D. C."
Publisher: Walter H. Miller & Co., Williamsburg VA; 33300
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

London: The Globe Reverse Text: "Illustration from 'Sir Walter Raleigh' by John Kenney" (Ladybird Books, 1957)
Publisher: Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon; 502104354913
Size: Modern
Not sent.

London: The Globe Picture: scale model at the 1964 Shakespeare Exhibition in Straford-upon-Avon, England
Reverse Text: "The Shakespeare Exhibition. Interior of the Globe Theatre. As an actor-playwright Shakespeare was assoiciated with various companies. He became a shareholder and principal member of the Lord Chamberlain's company later, under the patronage of James I, renamed the King's Men. The least of The Theatre in Shoreditch expired in 1597. Shakespeare, the Burbage brothers and others of the Company moved the timbers of the old theatre to build the new Globd Theatre across the river at Bankside. This reconstruction seen from groundling eye-level, illustrates the format of the typical Elizabethan open stage. Strage by Alan Tagg. Lighting by Richard Pilbrow. Photograph David Cockroft."
Publisher: Gordn Fraser; RTSE-C22
Size: Modern
Not sent.

London: The Globe Picture: The Globe and Beargarden(?)
Reverse Text: "Illustration from 'The Story of The Theatre' by Martin Aitchison" (Ladybird Books, 1970)
Publisher: Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon; 502104354913
Size: Modern
Not sent.

London: The Globe Front Text: "A Midsummer Night's Dream on stage at the Globe Theatre"
Reverse Text: "Illustration from 'William Shakespare' by R. Hall" (Ladybird Books, 1981)
Publisher: Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon; 502104354913
Size: Modern
Not sent.

London: The Globe Picture: a performance of Romeo and Juliet
Reverse Text: "Illustration from 'William Shakespare' by R. Hall" (Ladybird Books, 1981)
Publisher: Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon; 502104354913
Size: Modern
Not sent.

London: The Globe Front Text: signed: Jane Everett [19]87
Reverse Text: "The Globe, 1599"
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

London: The Globe (1599) For a picture of all stamps in this series, see London: "Bankside Theatres".
Front Text: "The Globe 1599"
Reverse Text: "Shakespeare's Globe (The Globe 1599). Reproduced from a stamp designed by C Walter Hodges and issued by Royal Mail on 8 August 1995"
Publisher: Royal Mail Stamp Card Series; PHQ 172(c) 8.95; 1995
Size: Modern
Not sent.

London: The Globe Reverse Text: "Model of Frost Fair on the frozen River Thames showing the Globe and the Bear Gardens on Bankside. Shakespeare Globe Museum, Bankside, London SE1"
Publisher: Shakespeare's Globe Museum, London; Witley Press, Norfolk
Size: Modern
Not sent.
Detail:
London: The Globe

London: The Globe Reverse Text: "Globe Interior, Theo Crosby. Shakespeare Globe Museum, Bankside, SE1"
Publisher: Shakespeare's Globe Museum, London; Witley Press, Norfolk
Size: Modern
Not sent.

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