When all the world’s a stage
The Globe Theatre burned down 399 years ago — a cannon misfired during a staging of Henry VIII, which set the thatched roof alight.
The theatre was rebuilt, only to be demolished by the Puritans for tenement housing in the early 1640s. It rose again in the late 1990s, thanks to the vision and tenacity of American actor and director, Sam Wanamaker. It was restored to its original, opened-aired, doughnut-shaped, wood-and-plastered design.
