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June 29, 2005

392nd Anniversary of Globe Theatre fire

Filed under: gems, britannica, history

392 years ago today, the Globe Theatre was destroyed by fire.

1613: London’s Globe Theatre destroyed by fire: During a performance of William Shakespeare’s Henry VIII on this day, the thatch of the Globe Theatre was accidentally alighted by a cannon set off to mark the king’s entrance onstage. The theatre […] was destroyed within the hour. [I]t was rebuilt within a year of its destruction and continued to operate until 1642.

[via Britannica’s This Day in History: June 29]

Britannica.com has a number of 3-d renderings of the Globe Theatre, a map of London’s Theatre district circa 1600 and more at Shakespeare and the Globe: Then and Now.

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