What made the Globe Theater unusual for its time?
I’m not sure that there was anything ‘unusual’ about the Globe, at least physically. It was a public theatre, like other theatres operating at the time (The Rose, The Hope, etc). The exact details of the building itself have been the source of much controversy and debate over the past few hundred years, but the replica that now stands in London is generally considered to be accurate and representative of other public theatres. The Globe was operated by the Lord Chamberlain’s Men (later The King’s Men), a group that included Shakespeare as writer (and probably actor). Shakespeare was a shareholder in the company, and that might be the unusual circumstance, as there is no record of any other playwright at that time enjoying such a privilege.