Research the Globe Theatre

Last updated: 15/11/2023
Contributor: Teachit team
Research The Globe Theatre
Main Subject
Key stage
Category
Reading: Drama
Resource type
Worksheet
Author
William Shakespeare
Genre
Heritage
Time period
Pre-1900

This helpful resource acts as an introduction to William Shakespeare and his stagecraft at the Globe Theatre, London.

The activities are useful for KS3 English students, learning about Shakespeare’s life and works in Elizabethan England and those beginning to dig deeper into the context surrounding Shakespeare’s plays.

The resource encourages students to research Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, its physical environment as the original Globe and develop an understanding of the staging of plays during Shakespeare’s life, such as Hamlet, Macbeth and Othello.

There is the potential during research to consider the similarities and differences between the first Globe and the second, due to the fire that destroyed the original theatre. Students can also think about theatre history and how the staging of plays may have influenced Shakespeare’s playcraft.

Students then label the Globe Theatre diagram to develop their understanding of the physical nature of the stage.

Browse additional Shakespeare resources in the KS3 Shakespeare section.

A sample extract from the resource:

When you have completed your research find the following areas and label them on the diagram above:

  • the main entrance
  • the yard
  • entrances to lowest gallery
  • middle gallery
  • gentlemen’s rooms or lords’ rooms
  • the stage the ‘hell’ under the stage.

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27/04/2021

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21/05/2020

I am going to use this resource to introduce my lesson on Shakespeare theatre.

Krystl S

28/04/2019

I am going to use this resource to begin teaching William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet.

29/10/2017

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27/04/2021

5

21/05/2020

I am going to use this resource to introduce my lesson on Shakespeare theatre.

Krystl S

28/04/2019

I am going to use this resource to begin teaching William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet.

29/10/2017

Great resource!!!

Nora Laser

03/04/2016

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