Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre 🎭

📍 Introduction The Globe Theatre stands just a few hundred meters from its original Park St location. Modeled after London’s first purpose-built theaters, it revives the era when plays were staged in inns, school halls, or private homes. Sam Wanamaker founded the Globe Trust in 1970 to fund its reconstruction. Building began in 1987, 200m from the original site—though Wanamaker passed away four years before its 1997 opening. This Jacobean-style indoor theatre offers half-hour guided tours (book ahead!). Sometimes, you can peek inside the playhouse too. The exhibition space below showcases Shakespearean artifacts, costumes, and 17th-century theatre history. 🎟 Pro tip: Grab £5 standing tickets for plays (book online!). 💭 My Take (personal thoughts, no spoilers!) We watched The Crucible—a chilling dramatization of the 1692 Salem witch trials. Even though I knew the plot (I acted in it in high school!), the performance was powerful. The story exposes how false accusations, forced confessions, and mob hysteria destroy lives. People acted in self-preservation, revenge, or blind righteousness—truth didn’t matter. The court’s "trials" were rigged: accuse others or hang. Even the innocent stayed silent out of fear. 🔍 Who benefited? Not the Putnam family (no financial gain). The state seized property, but compensation came later (1711). Maybe some climbed socially or settled scores—all in God’s name. A haunting mirror to tyranny, then and now. #StudyAbroadStories #WorldHeritage #LondonLandmarks #Shakespeare #TheatreMagic #HistoryAlive 🌍✨