Globe+Theatre

The Globe was built in 1599 using timber from an earlier theatre, The Theatre, which had been built by Richard Burbage's father,James Burbage, in Shoreditch in 1576.
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The Globe was owned by actors who were also shareholders in Lord Chamberlain's Men. Two of the six Globe shareholders,Richard Burbage and his brother Cuthbert Burbage, owned double shares of the whole, or 25% each; the other four men, Shakespeare, John Heminges, Augustine Philips, and Thomas Pape, owned a single share, or 12.5%. (Originally William Kempe was intended to be the seventh partner, but he sold out his share to the four minority sharers, leaving them with more than the originally planned 10%).These initial proportions changed over time as new sharers were added. Shakespeare's share diminished from 1/8 to 1/14, or roughly 7%, over the course of his career.

 Diagram of the Globe Theatre

  Inside view of the Globe Theatre