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Shakespeare's Globe, standing on the south bank of the Thames a short distance from the site of the original playhouse, is a faithful reconstruction of the open-air theatre in which many of William Shakespeare's plays were first performed at the turn of the seventeenth century. The original Globe was built in 1599 by the company of players to which Shakespeare belonged, burned down during a performance in 1613 when a cannon set fire to the thatch, was rebuilt, and was finally demolished in the 1...