Stage+space

The Globe Theater has a open arena design and structure. It has a central yard, open to the sky, where people would have to stand and watch, if it rained those members of the audience and the actors would get wet. It had a raised stage at one end and was surrounded by three tiers covered galleries which balconies overlooking the back of the stage, where people could sit and not be affected by the weather. The stage was projected halfway into the yard.

The theater is up to 100 feet in diameter and it took 6 months to build the structure of it. The Globe was made out of timber,nail,stone, plaster and thatched roofs, which was later changed to tiled roofs.

There was a cannon above the stage that was fired to signal that the play was about to begin.

The Globe had a bare stage that sloped down slightly towards the audience. Unlike some modern theatres, the stage wasn't hidden behind a curtain.

The stage was big enough for several actors to be onstage at once and it was very close to the audience. The groundings in the yard surrounded the stage on three sides, and they could get close enough to the stage to touch it, or even touch the actors.