Shakespeare Globe Centre (USA) Globe Research Archive

Chronology of the current reconstruction

Following is a brief chronology of Sam Wanamaker's dream into reality: the Rebuilding of Shakespeare's Globe Playhouse on the banks of the Thames River in Southwark, London. This information was taken from ISGC's newsletter, The Globe, originally The Southwark Globe.

Sam Wanamaker (1919-1993)

A view of St. Paul's Cathedral from the Globe in 1995

To ease downloading and viewing, the Chronology is in four sections: Prehistory: The life and death of the original Globe The Beginnings until 1986 when Sam acquired the site 1987 until Sam's death in 1993 1994 through the present An Illustrated History of SGC (USA)

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Updated on: 6 March 2001
This page is maintained by Carrie J. Cole (cjcole@wam.umd.edu)