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| | Globe Theater - Southwark, London, England, UK - Great Buildings Online |
 | | The original Globe Theatre, where many of Shakespeare's plays were presented for the first time, was damaged in a fire in 1613, and destroyed in the English Civil War of 1643. |
 | | The historical threater was recently reconstructed on a site near the location of the original, and the new Globe Theater is in regular use for live theatrical performances. |
 | | Built in 1599 to house Shakespeare's company, The King's Men, and burnt to the ground when the thatch caught alight during a performance of Henry VII in 1613, the Globe was rebuilt in the 1990s due to the inspiration of Sam Wanamaker. |
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