When it was built in 1996 the replica of the original theatre became the city s first thatched.
The globe theatre thatched roof.
Historians scholars and architects all worked together in their efforts to build the globe in the same way the lord chamberlain s men did down to the green oak pillars and thatched roof.
The globe theatre fire of 1613.
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.
Built of english oak like the original shakespeare s globe theatre was constructed with absolutely no structural steel.
Their work and dreams were fulfilled when the new globe theatre opened in 1997 one street away from where the original stood.
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.
Swift reconstruction did take place and the globe reopened to the public within a year with the addition of a tiled roof.
Thatchers this week start work repairing the roof of shakespeare s globe on bankside with 800 bundles of sedge from the norfolk broads and 10 000 english hazel spars.
Work to replace the thatched roof of the iconic shakespeare s globe theatre in london has begun.