Shakespeare's Globe is a British theatre company based in the eponymous Globe, a replica of William Shakespeare's original open-air London theatre.
The company presents a mix of original Shakespeare plays, plays by his contemporaries and other historical playwrights, and new, modern works.
In warmer months, the Globe performs outdoors. In winter, they instead present plays within the Jacobean-style Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.
Both venues often support Filmed Stage Productions, with plays released on home media, licensed to streaming services or made available via the theatre's own Globe Player streaming service.
The company also use the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse for "Read Not Dead" one-off readthroughs, reviving little-known historical plays for script-in-hand performances.
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Shakespeare's Globe offers examples of the following tropes:
- Cross-Cast Role: In William Shakespeare's time, women were banned from acting on the stage and men played all female roles. The Globe regularly presents all-male productions done in this style. They're frequently accompanied by all-female productions featuring the rest of the company.
- Filmed Stage Production: The Globe has released quite a few of its productions for home media and streaming services. It even offers its own "Globe Player" streaming subscription.
- Doctor Faustus: A 2011 performance of Christopher Marlowe's play, directed by Matthew Dunster with Paul Hilton as Faustus and Arthur Darvill as Mephistopheles.
- Two Gentlemen of Verona: The 2012 "Globe to Globe" production, directed by Arne Pohlmeier and starring Zimbabwean actors Denton Chikura and Tonderai Munyevu, was filmed and released for streaming. It's performed in Shona with English subtitles and has only two actors — between them, Munyevu and Chikura play all fifteen characters.
