Decorating the Gentlemens Boxes

April 3, 2008
Work has now begun on decorating the Gentlemens Boxes. This is the first stage of the ongoing debate about if and how the Globe auditorium should be decorated. The Architectural... » continue reading

Globe Recommends books for children

November 23, 2007
Retellings of Shakespeare’s Stories in the bicentenary of the Lambs’ Tales It seemed such a simple idea. Two hundred years after the publication of Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and... » continue reading

Sam Wanamaker talks about Paul Robeson

October 31, 2007
In April 1987, Trinidadian author Ron Ramdin came to what was then the Globe Theatre building site, to record an interview with Sam Wanamaker for research into a biography he... » continue reading

Was this the face of Shakespeare at 14?

October 4, 2007
Every May, 14-year olds across England and Wales sit a test on Shakespeare, but what did Shakespeare himself look like at 14? To mark the launch of Globe Education’s winter... » continue reading

Understanding Shakespeare: Free with the Independent

August 2, 2007
From Monday 6th August the Independent newspaper in conjunction with Shakespeare's Globe Theatre release Understanding Shakespeare. The series includes two free giant posters illustrating the plays of William Shakespeare and... » continue reading

Shakespeare's Globe and British Library publish facsimiles of the plays

July 24, 2007
On 12 July, Shakespeare's Globe and the British Library launched a series of facsimile editions of individual plays from Shakespeare's First Folio, beginning with Othello, The Merchant of Venice and... » continue reading

Sam Wanamaker Award 2007

July 10, 2007
On Thursday 14 June, Sam's birthday, the Sam Wanamaker Award for 2007 was given jointly to Jenny Tiramani, Claire van Kampen and Mark Rylance, in recognition of their achievements during... » continue reading

Raising the Bays

May 23, 2007
Iain Mackintosh, renowned theatre historian and member of the Architectural Advisory Group, which assemble to discuss and supervise matters concerning the Globe, explains the decision to raise the bays inside... » continue reading

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