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This article explains how the original Globe theater came to be when James Burbage and his two sons bought a plot of land near a rival theater and sold shares to some of the actors. Shakespeare bought a share. In 1613 a stage cannon caught fire and burned the original Globe to the grown in two hours. It was then rebuilt.
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