Globe Theatre Thatched Roof

Certainly when the king s men banded together to pay 1 400 for the erection of the new globe which took a year to build this time with a fireproof tiled roof shakespeare was not among them having apparently sold his shares in the company in the interim.
Globe theatre thatched roof. Swift reconstruction did take place and the globe reopened to the public within a year with the addition of a tiled roof. On june 29 1613 during a performance of henry viii a misfired canon ball set the globe s thatched roof on fire and the whole theatre was consumed. Image by nick budden. Work to replace the thatched roof of the iconic shakespeare s globe theatre in london has begun.
When shakespeare s globe opened in 1997 it was the first thatch roofed building permitted in the british capital since the great fire of london in 1666. The globe was the primary home of shakespeare s acting company beginning in late 1599 and it is a possibility that as you like it was written especially for the occasion.