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The Globe Theatre in London, England, stood on the Southwark bank of the Thames, in an area known as the Liberty of the Clink. The Liberty was a strip of land approximately 200 yards wide that ran for about half a mile down the bank of the Thames. The Rose, the Swan, the Hope, and the Globe Theatre all stood in the Liberty area, which by 1600 had become the new amusement centre of Elizabethan London.
The Globe Theatre stood on the south side of Maiden, or Maid, Lane near the southern end of London Bridge. The plot of land on which the Globe was erected was owned by Sir Nicholas Brend and was leased to the Burbages and the Chamberlain's Men for an initial period of 31 years. The contract commenced on Christmas Day in 1598, after a verbal agreement was made with the landowner and the actual document was signed on 21st February 1599.
During the Civil War in 1644, the Globe was pulled down under the orders of the Puritans and houses were erected on the site. |
