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The design of the Globe Theatre was one of great "classical antiquity" with it having similar resemblance to the Coliseum in Rome. It had a seating capacity of between 1500-3000 and the building may have actually been an icosahedron as it was possibly a twenty sided structure. At performances, certain rooms cost certain amounts of money. For example a room on the middle tier would cost two pennies whilst a seat on the ground in front of the stage cost one penny. This naturally separated the people from the wealthy to the poor.
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Unfortunately after a short but eventful life, the Globe Theatre was destroyed
by Puritans in 1644. The puritans objected to social activities and were against
everything about the Globe Theatre, including the actors and the audiences. It
wasn’t until 1660 when theatres began to re-open but even so the restoration of the Globe Theatre only occurred in 1997.