Shakespeare described his theatre as "the wooden "O". (letter o) in the Chorus to Henry V. But he was probably talking about the Curtain theatre when he wrote those lines. It didn't matter anyway because most of the outdoor theatres were shaped like doughnuts including the Globe, Curtain, Theatre, Rose, Hope, and Swan. So Shakespeare's phrase isn't necessarily about the Globe at all and certainly never became a nickname for the Globe.
The wooden O.
Shakespear's nickname for the theater was the "wooden o".
In the prologue to Henry V, Shakespeare talks about a "wooden O". But that was not the Globe Theatre he was talking about. Henry V was written before the Globe was built. He was probably talking about The Curtain Playhouse.
Shakespeare was part owner of two theatres, The Globe Theatre and The Blackfriars. He called the Globe Theatre the Wooden "O" in his play Henry V because it was built almost circular with an open courtyard in the middle. The Blackfriars was an indoor theatre, designed very much like theatres today with a thrust stage and seating both on the floor and in galleries.The Globe Theater.
Shakespeare described his theatre as "the wooden "O". (letter o) in the Chorus to Henry V. But he was probably talking about the Curtain theatre when he wrote those lines. It didn't matter anyway because most of the outdoor theatres were shaped like doughnuts including the Globe, Curtain, Theatre, Rose, Hope, and Swan. So Shakespeare's phrase isn't necessarily about the Globe at all and certainly never became a nickname for the Globe.
The wooden O.
Shakespear's nickname for the theater was the "wooden o".
"The Wooden O" is not the name of a specific theatre. It's like asking whether the "restaurant with a kitchen" is closed. In point of fact all outdoor theatres in Shakespeare's day were made of wood, and most of them (following the successful design of James Burbage's "Theatre") were shaped like the letter O. This includes the Theatre, Curtain, Rose, Globe, Swan, and Hope theatres. The theatre in which Henry V was first performed was very possibly the Curtain, which would have been the first theatre described as "this wooden O". Occasionally all the theatres in London were closed as a health measure when there was an outbreak of plague, but these closures rarely lasted more than a couple of months. However, in the years 1592-1594 there was a long closure lasting more than a year which drove a number of the theatre companies into bankruptcy. The O-shaped theatres which were standing at that time were the Theatre, Curtain and Rose. Of course all theatres were closed in 1642 when the government banned theatrical performance. The O-shaped theatres left standing at that time were the second Globe and the Hope, both of which were subsequently demolished.
In the prologue to Henry V, Shakespeare talks about a "wooden O". But that was not the Globe Theatre he was talking about. Henry V was written before the Globe was built. He was probably talking about The Curtain Playhouse.
Shakespeare was part owner of two theatres, The Globe Theatre and The Blackfriars. He called the Globe Theatre the Wooden "O" in his play Henry V because it was built almost circular with an open courtyard in the middle. The Blackfriars was an indoor theatre, designed very much like theatres today with a thrust stage and seating both on the floor and in galleries.The Globe Theater.
plays at the globe theatre were normally staged at 2 o clock, if the flag was flying. if it wasn't flying, the play had been called off due to bad weather as the theatre didn't have a roof. :)
Shakespeare was part owner of two theatres, The Globe Theatre and The Blackfriars. He called the Globe Theatre the Wooden "O" in his play Henry V because it was built almost circular with an open courtyard in the middle. The Blackfriars was an indoor theatre, designed very much like theatres today with a thrust stage and seating both on the floor and in galleries.The Globe Theater.
Shakespeare's Wooden O was the Globe Theatre in London in which he had a financial interest. It was rebuilt after being accidentally burnt down (in 1613) but was then closed down by the Puritans in 1642 and demolished two years later to build housing.
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very carefully It was, in fact, built from the timbers and lumber of the old, dismantled Theatre playhouse in Shoreditch, which was owned by the Burbages, and used by the Lord Chamberlain's Men, the same company that occupied the Globe. It was a twenty-sided polygon, though it was often described as round, or as a "wooden O."