The Globe Theatre The Globe was built west of London Bridge on the south bank of the Thames River in an area known as Bankside. It was the seedy section of town, frequented by prostitutes, pickpockets and other unsavory people. The original Globe Theatre was a playhouse with a stage raised four to six feet from ground level. There was no curtain that opened or closed at the beginning or end of plays. Males played …showed first 75 words of 495 total…

…showed last 75 words of 495 total…blasts and drum rolls were quite common. The writing and staging of Elizabethan plays were strongly influenced by various dramatic conventions of that time. The most widespread convention was the use of poetic dialogue. Shakespeare wrote most of his plays for audiences with a broad social background. Most of the Globe's audience consisted of middle-class citizens, such as merchants and craftsmen and their wives. They mainly went to relax and to escape from everyday life.