Theatre Design

The designs of Shakespear's Theatre were very creative, and intelligently structured. Timber was used to help make the roof of the theatre, when it first opened. Eventually the theatre wore down, and it was replaced with a tile ceiling, which ultimately made the whole entire theatre look better. The theatre's base shape was a hexogonal structure. The theatre contained a courtyard and semicircular galleries that could hold more the 1,500 people when combined together. The theatre also had a outer stage, and a inner stage. The outer stage was a rectangular platform that projected into the courtyard from the back wall. The inner stage was the recess between the two projecting wings at the very back of the outer stage. Underneath the floors of the inner and outer stages was the cellar. The cellar was a very big room and it had many access points from several different trap doors. There were then three levels of the tiring house. The first level was used as the inner stage, when it was needed. The second level of the tiring house conained a balcony used for several different purposes, and the third level contained a central music gallery and two large lofts. The large lofts were used as dressing rooms, and contained a lot of clothing inside of them. Overall, the structure of the theatre was very well designed, and made all of the performances look a lot better, than if there were not as many rooms with such great structures.

Bibliography
Mabillard, Amanda. Shakespeare's Globe. Shakespeare Online. 2000. (10/23/2007). <>