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When in 1644 the Globe playhouse was pulled down on Bankside, there disappeared forever a building which had been not only 'the quick forge and working house of Shakespeare's genius and 'the Glory of the Banke' as Ben Jonson called it, but was one of a kind altogether unique in theatrical history. But since no proper record of its use and appearance has survived, what we now know of the Globe and its rival playhouses in Shakespeare's London is mostly the result of the careful piecing-together, by modern scholars, of scattered evidence from many different sources.
The Globe Restored, which was first published in 1953, has now been widely accepted as one of the most comprehensive and illuminating works of general reconstruction of this famous playhouse. It combines a careful study of the evidence with a disciplined use of conjecture. It is also the most fully illustrated work on the subject. The author, himself an artist, has provided many reconstruction drawings of his own to supplement a wide collection of illustrations from historical sources, many of them new to this context.
This new edition has been greatly enlarged. The original text has been expanded and revised in the light of recent studies in Europe and America. A new chapter, dealing with reconstructions of the Globe, has been added, and there are many additional illustrations, including a two-page reconstruction.
—from the dust jacket
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