{"slug": "globe-theatre", "label": "Globe Theatre", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globe_Theatre", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q272434", "qid": "Q272434", "description": "former theatre in London, England, associated with William Shakespeare", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [1599, 1624], "span_label": ["1599 CE", "1624 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 4}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "london", "label": "London", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "william-shakespeare", "label": "William Shakespeare", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "river-thames", "label": "River Thames", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "thomas-middleton", "label": "Thomas Middleton", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1599, "year_label": "1599 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "February 21", "text": "February 21 – At Southwark, near London on the south bank of the River Thames, the land upon which the Globe Theatre will be built is leased by Nicholas Brend to a team of investors led by William Shakespeare, Thomas Pope, actors Cuthbert and Richard Burbage, and three others.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373325746#January–March", "title": "1599", "revid": 1373325746, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1599, "year_label": "1599 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "September 21", "text": "September 21 – The first reported performance at the Globe Theatre in London (erected over Spring/Summer), a presentation of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar (probably new to that year), is recorded by Swiss traveller Thomas Platter the Younger.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373325746#July–September", "title": "1599", "revid": 1373325746, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1610, "year_label": "1610 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 20", "text": "April 20 – William Shakespeare's play, The Tragedie of Macbeth, is given its first performance, staged at the Globe Theatre in London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361322431#April–June", "title": "1610", "revid": 1361322431, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1611, "year_label": "1611 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 11", "text": "May 11 – The first known performance of William Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, probably new this year, is given at the Globe Theatre in London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1277342005#April–June", "title": "1611", "revid": 1277342005, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1613, "year_label": "1613 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "June 29", "text": "June 29 – Fire destroys London's famed Globe Theatre, during a performance of Shakespeare's Henry VIII.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366649732#April–June", "title": "1613", "revid": 1366649732, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1614, "year_label": "1614 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Possible date – John Webster's revenge tragedy The Duchess of Malfi is first performed in public, at the newly-reconstructed Globe Theatre in London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372816433#Date_unknown", "title": "1614", "revid": 1372816433, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1624, "year_label": "1624 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "August 5", "text": "August 5 – The King's Men perform Thomas Middleton's satire A Game at Chess at the Globe Theatre in London. The performances are suppressed on August 14 in view of the play's allusions to the Spanish Match.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1331350573#July–September", "title": "1624", "revid": 1331350573, "section": "Events › July–September"}}]}