Finally, we're at the Shakespeare Globe theater!
If you look at this ceiling of the stage closely, not only does it represent the sky with the sun and moon and the stars, it also has spiritual significane with animals of the zodiac on top. So it kind of has reference to the heavens.
And hell, you ask?
Its a trap door on the stage. Open it up and meet the devil. Either that or lots of dust bunnies.
The attic.
The best possible way to destroy this theater: burn it. Its entirely made of wood, so its really easy to burn down. But if you try it, i will kill you.
This ain't the audience. An actor's rehearsing on stage, while the guide gives us a tour around. Pretty cool huh?
See the space before the stage? Its called the yard, open air and only meant for standing. You can stand there to watch for 5 pounds per ticket, and you'll be called a groundling.
When it rains, put on a raincoat.
Its pretty cool, because the actors will just brush pass you during the course of the play. Direct interaction!
If you live in the Elizabethan era and need to answer nature's call, you can't get out because of the crowd. So what do you do? Poop on the spot and hope for the best. Grand!
How it would look like if you looked it with a bird's view...
We watched Othello that afternoon, 3 hours and 15 min of standing and pretty good weather, bless our souls. This is definitely an experience that I'll never forget. Its pretty amazing and I'll strongly recommend watching a play there if you ever pop by. And not to mention, the gift shop's great. I bought a tiny book called the Bard's guide to abuses and affronts and a set of magnets called Shakespeare's insults. It teaches you how to call a stinky person "Thou smell of a mountatin goat".
