the globe

The public playhouse in Elizabethan England was a place that invoked great criticism. Some saw it as an instrument of evil. The theatre, according to some, nurtured thieves, which preyed on innocent playgoers. If that was not enough public playhouse were said to help spread bubonic plague, also known as the Plague, due to the close contact of the patrons. In order to contend with this criticism all public playhouses were placed outside of the …

…of the personal accounts. The textual evidence that a historian would expect to find is not there, like the building designs for the globe none of the scale drawings by the architects have survived. The main source of information that has been found recently is the archeological information that has been found at the site of the original Globe theatre. As time passes this site might give further insight into a past of great playwrights.