Shakespeares Globe
The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 at Southwark, close to the south bank of the Thames, by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: former theater in London, England, associated with William Shakespeare
- Also known as: “Globe”, “Globe Theatre”, “The Globe”, and “The Globe Theatre”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tate Modern and London Bridge.
Tate Modern
Museum
Photo: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tate Modern 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 Britain, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives. Tate Modern is situated 1,100 feet west of Shakespeares Globe.
London Bridge
The name "London Bridge" refers to several historic crossings that have spanned the River Thames between the City of London and Southwark in central London since Roman times. London Bridge is situated 1,700 feet east of Shakespeares Globe.
The Rose
Archaeological site
The Rose 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.
Bankside
Quarter
Bankside is an area of London, England, within the London Borough of Southwark. Bankside is located on the southern bank of the River Thames, 1.5 miles east of Charing Cross, running from a little west of Blackfriars Bridge to just a short distance before London Bridge at St Mary Overie Dock.
Southwark
Suburb
Photo: Loz Pycock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Southwark is a district of Central London situated on the south bank of the River Thames, forming the north-western part of the wider modern London Borough of Southwark.
Blackfriars
Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Blackfriars is in central London, specifically the south-west corner of the City of London.
Shakespeares Globe
- Categories: theater building, former theater, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: London Borough of Southwark, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.50684° or 51° 30′ 25″ northLongitude
-0.09474° or 0° 5′ 41″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
9C3XGW44+P4OpenStreetMap ID
node 1948210427OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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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”
- 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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