The Globe Theater was the first theater associated with William Shakespeare. The first is the construction of the Globe theater, which includes a bit of history, how it came to be and what it looked like on the outside. Features will include its location and some dimensions of the theater. Then there's the interior of the Globe, some specifics like stage size, rooms, and other miscellaneous facts about what's inside the theater. The third point will delve into the performances and what it took to make a play, as well as what it meant to be an actor of the time, finishing with the roles in which William Shakespeare took part. The construction of the Globe Theater was nothing less than magnificent. Built in 1599 by Shakespeare's acting troupe, the Lord Chamberlain's Men; The Globe was built from James Burbage's theater originally built in 1576. Burbage's theater was the very first theater built on the outskirts of Shoreditch, London. “The Common Council of London, in 1574, began licensing plays performed in inn-yards within the city limits,” according to www.history.com/theglobetheatreburnsdown. To escape the restrictions James Burbage leased land for 21 years outside the city limits. Once the lease expired, Shakespeare's company moved the rafters to a new location, thus creating the famous Globe theater. Shakespeare's Globe was built on Bankside in Southwark, London. Construction began in 1597 and finished in 1598. The Globe's structure consisted of an open arena so inclement weather made staging shows difficult or impossible. The shape of the old Globe was octagonal/circular composed of wood, nails, stones, plaster and thatch. Open area...... half of the sheet......-il-globo>.Cooper, Tarnya, ed. (2006). 'A view from St Mary Overy, Southwark, looking towards Westminster, c.1638'. In search of Shakespeare. London: National Portrait Gallery. pages 92–93. ISBN 978-0-300-11611-3.Encyclopædia Britannica 1998 edition.Egan, Gabriel (2001). "Theatre of the Globe". In Dobson, Michael; Wells, Stanley. Shakespeare's Oxford Companion. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. P. 166. Kuritz, Paul (1988). The creation of theater history. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall. pp. 189–191Martin, Douglas. “John Orrell, 68, Historian On New Globe Theatre, Dies,” The New York Times, September 28, 2003, accessed December 19, 2012 Ingleby, Clement Mansfield; Toulmin Smith, Lucia; Furnival, Frederick (1909). Monro, John, ed. The Book of Allusions to Shakespeare: A Collection of Allusions to Shakespeare from 1591 to 1700 2. London: Chatto and Windus. P. 373