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The Globe and other theatres of Shakespeare //Answer Prepared by Kyler W.// At his earliest days, Shakespeare worked at the Theatre. The Theatre was an open-air playhouse where many people performed. Shakespeare’s early plays were performed here and were later performed at the Globe Theatre. After the owner of the Theatre died and the ownership went to his son, the lease ran out. His son found a loophole in the contract and hired carpenters to tear it down and rebuild it on the other side of the Thames River. He renamed the Theatre, the Globe.

Shakespeare and his band of actors were using the Curtain between the time when the Theatre was being demolished and the Globe was being built. The Rose was built but never really was used by Shakespeare. It was the smallest Theatre in London. The Swan was basically built to create competition against the Rose. Both theatres didn’t do well against the income of the Globe or the Fortune. Shakespeare and his actors never used them.

The Fortune was built to compete with the Globe Theatre. Shakespeare’s old actors used the theatre until it was burnt down and rebuilt. In 1661 it was demolished, due to laws that were passed claiming that theatre was a bad thing. Children actors used the Blackfriars, but when the lease ran up and Shakespeare wanted to lease it, the owner quickly leased it to another children acting group. Shakespeare still continued to use the Globe even though he didn’t get the Blackfrairs.

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