Questions about Shakespeare

1. What was the name of the company Shakespeare belonged to?
William Shakespeare's theatre company was The Chamberlain's Men named after The Lord Chamberlain.
2. How many companies were licensed to perform in London?
There are two companies: The Globe and The Fortune.
3. Why did Shakespeare’s company build the Globe?
It built to act.
4. Why did Shakespeare’s company use to build the Globe?
Because without the theatre, the company had to rent a playhouse.
5. Who built the Globe ?
It was built by two brothers, Richard and Cuthbert Burbage.
6. When the Globe was built, there were two other theatres in Southwark already. Which ones?
The Swan and The Rose.
7. When was it built?
In 1599.
8. How and when was it destroyed?
Iin 1598. it destroyed piece by piece.
9. When was it rebuilt ?
In June of 1614..
10. When was it finally pulled down ? Why ?
In 1644. Because to make way for tenement dwellings.