Swift reconstruction did take place and the globe reopened to the public within a year with the addition of a tiled roof.
Globe theatre does it have a roof.
The globe theater architecture featured a thatched roof.
The first globe built in 1599 had a thatched roof.
Bundles of straw or reed were piled on to the frame of the roof.
The elder burbage had a long history as a theatrical entrepreneur.
The roof was made out of tile.
Shakespeare s company built the globe only because it could not use the special roofed facility blackfriars theatre that james burbage the father of their leading actor richard burbage had built in 1596 for it inside the city.
On june 29 1613 during a performance of henry viii a misfired canon ball set the globe s thatched roof on fire and the whole theatre was consumed.
The globe theatre which was only partly owned by shakespeare by the way was built on a wooden frame and the walls made of lath and plaster.
When the second globe theatre was built what was the roof made out of.
First opened to accommodate full scale dramatic productions this 27 000 square foot historic landmark is archived as the original broadway theatre in the united states.
The material used to make a thatched roof was either straw or reeds.