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12 matches to Globe Theatre
Globe Theatre. 1599-1644. Venue for Shakespeare’s plays, London.
Brown, George. 1818-80. Scottish/Canadian statesman. Founded Toronto Globe 1844.
Burbage, James. 1531-97. Built first English theatre 1576. Later rebuilt as Globe.
Mercator, Gerardus. 1512-94. Flemish cartographer. Projection of globe onto flat surface 1569. Atlas 1595.
Antoine, André. 1858-1943. Antoine Theatre, Paris 1897.
Comédie-Francaise. Oldest National theatre. Founded by Louis XIV in 1680. Molière.
Drury Lane. 1663. Oldest English theatre, London. Rebuilt 1674, 1812.
Genet, Jean. 1910-86. French dramatist. Theatre of the Absurd. The Blacks 1958.
Perret, Auguste. 1874-1954. French architect in reinforced concrete. Champs-Élyées Theatre.
Theater of the Absurd. 1950-70. Depicts human condition as meaningless. Beckett. Ionesco.
Théâtre-Libre. 1887. Paris independent experimental theater.
Wren, Christopher. 1632-1723. English architect. Anglicized Classicism based on French and Dutch influence. Rebuilt 50 churches after 1666 London fire. St. Paul’s 1675. Greenwich Observatory 1675. Associated with craftsmanship of Tijou, Gibbons, Thornhill, Cibber. Sheldonian Theatre 1662. Trinity College Library 1676.