Shakespeares Globe

The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 at , close to the south bank of the Thames, by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: former theater in London, England, associated with William Shakespeare
  • Also known as: “Globe”, “Globe Theatre”, “Site of the original Globe Theatre”, “The Globe”, and “The Globe Theatre”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include London Bridge and Tate Modern.

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The name "London Bridge" refers to several historical crossings that have spanned the between the and in since Roman times. is situated 1,700 feet east of Shakespeares Globe.

Art gallery
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is an art gallery in London, housing the United Kingdom's national collection of international modern and contemporary art. It forms part of the Tate group together with , Tate Liverpool and . is situated 1,100 feet west of Shakespeares Globe.

Archaeological site
was an Elizabethan playhouse, built by theatre entrepreneur Philip Henslowe in 1587. It was the fifth public playhouse to be built in London, after the Red Lion in Whitechapel, The Theatre and the Curtain, both in Shoreditch, and the theatre…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bankside and Southwark.

Quarter
is an area of , England, within the . is located on the southern bank of the , 1.5 miles east of , running from a little west of to just a short distance before at St Mary Overie Dock.

Suburb
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is a district of situated on the south bank of the , forming the north-western part of the wider modern .

Quarter
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is in , specifically the south-west corner of the .

Shakespeares Globe

Latitude
51.50684° or 51° 30′ 25″ north
Longitude
-0.09474° or 0° 5′ 41″ west
Elevation
10 feet (3 metres)
Open location code
9C3XGW44+P4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1948210427
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
6620265
Wiki­data ID
Q272434
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Shakespeares Globe” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مسرح جلوب”
  • Armenian: “Գլոբուս”
  • Basque: “The Globe”
  • Bengali: “গ্লোব থিয়েটার”
  • Bulgarian: “Глобус”
  • Bulgarian: “Театър Глобус”
  • Catalan: “Globe Theatre”
  • Catalan: “The Globe”
  • Chinese: “环球剧场”
  • Chinese: “環球劇場”
  • Chinese: “環球劇院”
  • Croatian: “Globe kazalište”
  • Croatian: “Globe”
  • Croatian: “Kazalište Globe”
  • Czech: “Divadlo Globe”
  • Czech: “Globe Theatre”
  • Danish: “Globe Theatre”
  • Dutch: “Globe Theatre”
  • Dutch: “The Globe”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مسرح جلوب”
  • Esperanto: “Globoteatro”
  • Esperanto: “Globusteatro”
  • Estonian: “Globe Theatre”
  • Finnish: “Globe-teatteri”
  • French: “Globe Theatre”
  • French: “théâtre du Globe”
  • French: “Théâtre du Globe”
  • Galician: “Teatro do Globo”
  • Georgian: “გლობუსი”
  • German: “Globe Theater”
  • German: “Globe Theatre”
  • German: “Globe-Theater”
  • Hebrew: “תיאטרון גלוב”
  • Hebrew: “תיאטרון הגלוב”
  • Hungarian: “Globe Színház”
  • Indonesian: “Globe Theatre”
  • Italian: “Globe Theatre”
  • Italian: “The Globe”
  • Japanese: “グローブ座”
  • Kazakh: “Глобус”
  • Kirghiz: “«Глобус» элдик театр”
  • Korean: “글로브 극장”
  • Malayalam: “Globe Theatre”
  • Malayalam: “ഗ്ലോബ് തിയേറ്റർ”
  • Malayalam: “ഗ്ലോബ് തീയേറ്റർ”
  • Marathi: “ग्लोब थियेटर”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “«The Globe»”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Globe Theatre”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “The Globe”
  • Norwegian: “Globe Theatre”
  • Persian: “تئاتر گلوب”
  • Polish: “Globe Theatre”
  • Polish: “Pod kulą ziemską”
  • Polish: “Teatr Globe”
  • Portuguese: “Globe Theatre”
  • Portuguese: “Globo theatre”
  • Portuguese: “The Globe Theatre”
  • Romanian: “Teatrul Globe”
  • Russian: “Глобус”
  • Russian: “Театр «Глобус»”
  • Russian: “Театр Глобус”
  • Serbian: “Glob teatar”
  • Serbian: “Globus”
  • Serbian: “Gloub (teatar)”
  • Serbian: “Gloub”
  • Serbian: “Teatar Gloub”
  • Serbian: “Глоб театар”
  • Serbian: “Глоб”
  • Serbian: “Глобус”
  • Serbian: “Глоуб (театар)”
  • Serbian: “Глоуб театар”
  • Serbian: “Глоуб”
  • Serbian: “Театар Глоуб”
  • Spanish: “El Globo”
  • Spanish: “Globe Theatre”
  • Spanish: “Teatro el globo”
  • Spanish: “Teatro the globe”
  • Spanish: “The Globe Theatre”
  • Spanish: “The Globe”
  • Swedish: “Globe Theatre i London”
  • Swedish: “Globe Theatre”
  • Swedish: “Globe-teatern”
  • Swedish: “Globeteatern”
  • Tajik: “Глобус (театр)”
  • Tajik: “Глобус”
  • Tamil: “குளோப் நாடக அரங்கு”
  • Thai: “Globe Theatre”
  • Thai: “โรงละครโกลบ”
  • Turkish: “Globe Tiyatrosu”
  • Ukrainian: “The Globe”
  • Ukrainian: “Глобус”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґлобус”
  • Ukrainian: “Театр «Глобус»”
  • Ukrainian: “Театр Глобус”
  • Ukrainian: “Театр Шекспіра”
  • Urdu: “گلوب تھیٹر”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Globe Theatre”

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