The Old Globe Theatre in Balboa Park is pictured in this ... He was in his 20s, and he was trying to make his reputation as a writer in London. So he said, 'Watch me do this.

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Built in 1599 and destroyed by fire in 1613, the original Globe Theatre was at the heart of London’s seedy entertainment ... who included in their company old Bill himself.

Fourteen years after the opening of Shakespeare's Globe ... The thatched amphitheatre on London's South Bank now stands cheek by jowl with a brand new, old theatre: the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.