An historic engraving showing the hexagonal stone built Globe Theatre, London, in Elizabethan times. It was built in 1599 by William Shakespeare's playing company, the 'Lord Chamberlain's Men', on land owned by Thomas Brend. The original theatre had been built of wood.

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Photo credit: © Colin Waters / Alamy / Afripics
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