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Shakespeare's Globe opened to the public in 1997 with a production of Henry V. The modern reconstruction was founded by American actor and director Sam Wanamaker, who established the Shakespeare Globe Trust in 1970.
Shakespeare's Globe seats 873 spectators with an additional 700 standing groundlings in the yard, for a total audience of around 1,400. The original Globe Theatre could hold approximately 3,000 spectators.
Sam Wanamaker, an American actor and director, founded the Shakespeare Globe Trust and the International Shakespeare Globe Centre in 1970. He spent more than twenty years pursuing the project alongside his associate Diana Devlin.
The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse is an indoor candle-lit theatre adjacent to the main Globe, modelled on historic plans for a Jacobean-era indoor playhouse, possibly Blackfriars Theatre. It opened in January 2014 and is used for productions during the winter months.
Under current artistic director Michelle Terry, Shakespeare's Globe has returned to original playing conditions, meaning no spotlights, microphones, or amplification. This approach was also used during the founding period under Mark Rylance; temporary lighting and sound were introduced briefly by Emma Rice in 2016 before being removed.
Read Not Dead is a series of staged play readings that has been part of Shakespeare's Globe's educational programme since 1995. The readings present works written between 1576 and 1642 by Shakespeare's contemporaries, performed at Shakespeare's Globe Studios and at venues around the country.