ten sheakspeare's questions

1. What was the name of the company Shakespeare belonged to ?

Lord Chamberlain's Men ( Later The King's Men )

2. How many companies were licensed to perform in London ?

only 2

3. Why did Shakespeare's company build the Globe ?

Shakespeare's company only built the Globe because they could not use the special playhouse that their chief actor Richard Burbage's father had built for them in 1596, a roofed theatre inside the city, in Blackfriars.

4. What did Shakespeare's company use to build the Globe ?

5. Who built the Globe ?

two brothers, Richard and Cuthbert Burbage

6. When the Globe was built , there were two other theatres in Southwark already. Which ones ?

7. When was it built ?

it built in 1599

8. How and when was it destroyed ?

9. When was it rebuilt ?

10. When was it finally pulled down ? Why ?