The theatre that all of Shakespeare’s greatest plays were performed in was called the Globe. Next to the theater’s name there was a painted sign that showed Hercules holding the world upon his shoulders. The theater also had a Latin motto: “Totus mundis agit historiem.”
The places where actors had previously performed were square or rectangular, but the Globe, like some other early theaters, was a circular, wooden building. This form was fitting for the theater’s name and made the edifice very distinctive. Its round shape, together with the height of its t
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