Study Abroad Blog

Today we took the tube from Queensway station near the hotel to St. Paul's and crossed the Thames via the Millennium Bridge to Shakespeare's Globe Theater.  The weather was very typical for Britain in the winter time (windy, cold, and rainy), but we didn't let it dampen our spirits. 

We received a guided tour of Shakespeare's Globe Theater and learned about Sam Wanamaker's vision for the theater, which was completed in 1997.  Wanamaker wanted to make the Globe Theater accessible to all--regardless of their socioeconomic status.  Given that standing (groundling) tickets at the Globe, which give you the best view of the stage, still cost only 5 pounds, I think one might safely conclude that his vision was realized.

A picture of the stage at Shakespeare's Globe Theater, which is a close replica of how the original Globe theater would have appeared.  The balcony behind the stage is where royalty and members of the aristocracy would have sat in order to be seen, not so they could get a better view of the stage.

The group pictured outside the main gates to the Globe Theater

Quinn, Helen, and Carolina in the Sam Wanamaker Theater (a Jacobean theater located next to the Globe) prior to the performance of Henry V. 

Alicia and Gabe in the Sam Wanamaker theater waiting for the play, Henry V, to begin.