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The Globe Theatre in Rome is a copy of the world famous Elisabethan theatre built in London in 1576.

It rises within the large green area of Villa Borghese and has its main entrance in Largo Aqua Felix (Piazza Siena). The area is closed to traffic, so you can only reach the theatre with a short walking from Viale delle Belle Arti, where is also the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Arts, and the nearby Bioparco (zoological garden in Rome).

The Globe Theatre is entirely built in wood, as the orginal one, and has also the traditional circular shape. It can host up to 1250 people: 420 standing room and 830 seats in the balconies.

This year in the playbill are some of the most famous and worldwide appreciated plays by Shakespeare, the greatest writer and poet in the English language:

The two gentlemen of Verona (10^th and 11^th July)

The tempest (from 23^rd July to 1^st August)

Much ado about nothing (from 4^th to 13^th and from 18^th to 22^nd August)

The taming of the shrew (from 25^th August to 5^th September)

A midsummer night’s dream (from 8^th September)

The ticket office in Viale Canonica is open from Monday to Sunday,14 – 19, you may also book via internet at:
http://www.greenticket.it/index.html?imposta_lingua=ing

Prices start from 8 up to 22 euro.

Official site (Italian language only):
http://www.globetheatreroma.com/index.php

Tags: A midsummer night's dream, Globe Theatre in Rome, Much ado about nothing, The taming of the shrew, The tempest, The two gentlemen of Verona, Villa Borghese

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