Shakespeare's Globe

Shakespeare's Globe
The Globe
Shakespeare's Globe in August 2014
Shakespeare's Globe is located in City of London
Shakespeare's Globe
Shakespeare's Globe
Location within City of London
AddressNew Globe Walk
London, SE1
United Kingdom
Coordinates51°30′29″N 0°5′50″W / 51.50806°N 0.09722°W / 51.50806; -0.09722
Public transitLondon Underground National Rail Blackfriars

London Underground Mansion House

London Underground National Rail London Bridge
OwnerThe Shakespeare Globe Trust
Construction
OpenedJune 1997
Years active1997–present
ArchitectPentagram
Website
shakespearesglobe.com

Shakespeare's Globe 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 the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse for smaller, indoor productions, in a setting which also recalls the period.