Waar zijn de musicals in Londen?
De meeste musicals in Londen spelen in de bekende wijk West End. In deze wijk, waar ook Picadilly Circus en Leceister Square gelegen zijn, staan een aantal bekende theaters als het London Palladium, het Lyceum Theatre en het London Opera House.
Hoeveel stukken heeft Shakespeare geschreven?
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) wordt beschouwd als de grootste toneelschrijver ooit. Hij schrijft tijdens zijn leven meer dan 35 toneelstukken en 154 sonnetten.
Welke Londense wijk is beroemd vanwege de vele theaters?
De West End, gelegen tussen Oxford Street en The Strand, staat synoniem met theater en spektakel.
What is the Globe Theatre like?
Shakespeare called his theatre a ‘wooden O’ and like his historic playhouse our Globe Theatre is a 360° auditorium. With no roof over the central yard, the theatre is open-air and audiences who attend performances and tours are told to dress for the weather!
What happened to the Globe Theatre in London?
According to one of the few surviving documents of the event, no one was hurt except a man who put out his burning breeches with a bottle of ale. Like all the other theatres in London, the Globe was closed down by the Puritans in 1642. It was destroyed in 1644 to make room for tenements.
What is Shakespeare’s Globe?
‘Shakespeare’s Globe’ is our company name and how we refer to our entire site, ‘The Globe’ is how we talk about the original theatres from Shakespeare’s time, and the ‘Globe Theatre’ is the name of today’s reconstruction. Did you know that we aren’t the only living ‘Globe’?
Who wrote for the Globe Theatre?
Other playwrights wrote for the Globe too, including Ben Jonson, Thomas Dekker and John Fletcher. The Globe Theatre you see today in London is the third Globe. The first opened in 1599 and was built by the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, the company that William Shakespeare wrote for and part-owned.