A theatre in Southwark, London, erected in 1599, where many of Shakespeare's plays were first publicly performed. The theatre's site was rediscovered in 1989 and a reconstruction of the original theatre was opened in 1997.
Definition of Globe Theatre in US English:
Globe Theatre
proper noun
A theater in Southwark, London, erected in 1599, where many of Shakespeare's plays were first publicly performed. The theater's site was rediscovered in 1989 and a reconstruction of the original theater was opened in 1997.