All negotiations for a new tenancy agreement failed with Giles Allen who had decided to pull the 'Theatre' down and use the materials to build a new property. The Lord Chamberlain's company of actors had different ideas! A clause in the original ... more

Cuthbert and Richard Burbage were able to raise half of the cost - giving them each a 25% share in the Globe. The idea of sharing the cost was put to the actors. Five actors agreed to become stakeholders, including Will Kempe. Will Kempe then ... more

The first 'Theatre' had been a great success in Shoreditch, London of the Elizabethan Era. But money had to be raised to build a new venue, which was to be called the Globe Theatre. And money was tight. Richard Burbage had died in 1597 and his son ... more