Shakespeare Definition–noun | William, 1564–1616, English poet and dramatist. | |
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Globe Definition–noun | 1. | the planet Earth (usually prec. by the). | | 2. | a planet or other celestial body. | | 3. | a sphere on which is depicted a map of the earth (terrestrial globe) or of the heavens (celestial globe). | | 4. | a spherical body; sphere. | | 5. | anything more or less spherical, as a lampshade or a glass fishbowl. | | 6. | a golden ball traditionally borne as an emblem of sovereignty; orb. | –verb (used with object) –verb (used without object) | 8. | to take the form of a globe. | |
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Theater Definition–noun | 1. | a building, part of a building, or outdoor area for housing dramatic presentations, stage entertainments, or motion-picture shows. | | 2. | the audience at a theatrical or motion-picture performance: The theater wept. | | 3. | a theatrical or acting company. | | 4. | a room or hall, fitted with tiers of seats rising like steps, used for lectures, surgical demonstrations, etc.: Students crowded into the operating theater. | | 5. | the theater, dramatic performances as a branch of art; the drama: an actress devoted to the theater. | | 6. | dramatic works collectively, as of literature, a nation, or an author (often prec. by the): the theater of Ibsen. | | 7. | the quality or effectiveness of dramatic performance: good theater; bad theater; pure theater. | | 8. | a place of action; field of operations. | | 9. | a natural formation of land rising by steps or gradations. | |
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Related topics from BritannicaGlobe Theatre
famous London theatre in which after 1599 the plays of William Shakespeare were performed.Shakespeare on Theatre
A hundred yards or so southeast of the new Globe Theatre is a vacant lot surrounded by a corrugated-iron fence marked with a bronze plaque as the site of the original Globe Theatre of 1599. A little ...
Theatre, The
first public playhouse of London, located in the parish of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch.Blackfriars Theatre
either of two separate theatres, the second famed as the winter quarters (after 1608) of the King's Men, the company of actors for whom Shakespeare served as chief playwright and also as a performer.Rose Theatre
London playhouse built by Philip Henslowe and in active use from 1587 until about 1605. Henslowe and his partner, John Cholmley, had the theatre constructed on a leased rose garden on the South Bank ...
Viewing Shakespeare on Film
At the end of the 19th and the start of the 20th centuries, when William Shakespeare was becoming an academic institution, so to speak-a subject for serious scholarly study-a revolutionary search ...
Shakespeare and the Liberties
In 1567 John Brayne went east of Aldgate to Stepney, where he erected a theatre called the Red Lion. It was the first permanent building designed expressly for dramatic performances to be constructed ...
England
Theatre is probably the performing art for which England is best known. Theatrical performance as such emerged during the Middle Ages in the form of mumming plays, which borrowed elements from ...
Globe Theatre
The Globe was pulled down in 1644, two years after the Puritans closed all theatres, to make way for tenement dwellings. In 1970 the American actor Sam Wanamaker, who was driven by the notion of ...
Globe Theatre
The experience of watching a performance at the Globe was radically different from that of viewing modern Shakespeare on-screen. The plays were staged in the afternoons, using the light of day, and ...
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Broadway World - Found Dec. 14, 2008
21 31, 2009 Chicago Shakespeare Theater's (CST ... across the globe, including The Abbey Theatre from Dublin, Shakespeare's Globe from London, the
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Shakespeare texts pledged to London's Globe theatre
Reuters UK - Found Nov. 7, 2008
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - A U.S. collector is to donate rare early editions of Shakespeare's plays to London's Globe Theater, which specializes in
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Donation Sends Shakespeare Plays Home to The Globe
New York Times - Found Nov. 7, 2008
... has pledged to donate more than 450 works by William Shakespeare and other playwrights of his era to the Globe Theater in London, . Among Mr...
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Shakespeare texts pledged to London's Globe theatre
Canada.com - Found Nov. 7, 2008
Third and Fourth Shakespeare Folio. Few Third Folios exist as most were burned in the Great Fire of London in 1666, the theater said. The Globe...
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Shakespeare texts pledged to London's Globe theatre
Reuters Canada - Found Nov. 7, 2008
Third and Fourth Shakespeare Folio. Few Third Folios exist as most were burned in the Great Fire of London in 1666, the theater said. The Globe...
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Shakespeare texts pledged to London's Globe theatre (Reuters)
Yahoo! News Australia - Found Nov. 7, 2008
Third and Fourth Shakespeare Folio. Few Third Folios exist as most were burned in the Great Fire of London in 1666, the theater said. The Globe...
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Shakespeare texts pledged to London's Globe theatre
KNAU - Found Nov. 7, 2008
Third and Fourth Shakespeare Folio. Few Third Folios exist as most were burned in the Great Fire of London in 1666, the theater said. The Globe...
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Shakespeare texts pledged to London's Globe theatre
The Province - Found Nov. 7, 2008
Third and Fourth Shakespeare Folio. Few Third Folios exist as most were burned in the Great Fire of London in 1666, the theater said. The Globe...
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Shakespeare Texts Pledged to London's Globe Theatre
ABC News - Found Nov. 7, 2008
Third and Fourth Shakespeare Folio. Few Third Folios exist as most were burned in the Great Fire of London in 1666, the theater said. The Globe...
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Light, Plunkett, Schreiber, Sunjata, Tunie, et al. Set for New Globe ...
TheaterMania - Found Oct. 21, 2008
Oct 20, 2008 · New York Tony Award winner Liev Schreiber will host New Globe Theater's benefit performance of Shakespeare in the Brave New...
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