The theatre stands only a few hundred metres from the original Globe and was initiated by the American actor Sam Wanamaker. Its thatched roof is the only one permitted in London since the Great Fire, and performances take place without microphones and without a roof over the standing area. If you want to see a play, dress warmly and be prepared for rain. In winter, performances move to the small, candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.
Shakespeare's Globe is a reconstruction of the Globe Theatre, an Elizabethan playhouse first built in 1599 for which William Shakespeare wrote his plays. Like the original, it is located on the south bank of the River Thames, in Southwark, London. The reconstruction was completed in 1997 and the theatre's official opening was attended by Queen Elizabeth II.
While concentrating on Shakespeare's work, the theatre also hosts a variety of other theatrical productions in the summer months. Part of the Globe's complex also hosts the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse for smaller, indoor productions, in a setting which also recalls the period.
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Millennium BridgeSlender steel footbridge between St Paul's Cathedral and Tate Modern, with open views along the Thames.
The BlackfriarPub of 1875 with a magnificent art nouveau interior full of friars in marble and bronze.
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