ABSTRACT
The first Globe was built during the winter months of 1598/9 and destroyed by fire on 29 June 1613; the second Globe arose on the same site, was open by SO June 1614, and was ‘pulled downe to the ground’ on 15 April 1644. The first Fortune was opened in the autumn of 1600 and destroyed by fire on 9 December 1621; the second Fortune was built in 1622/3, was partially demolished in 1649 and totally demolished by 1662. The second Globe is said to have been ‘fairer’ than the first; the second Fortune was ‘a large round brick building’, where the first Fortune had been square in shape and built of wood, and was also said to have been rebuilt ‘farre fairer’ than its predecessor.
