Shakespeare's Theatre Author:C. Walter Hodges May-pole dancers and Mummers, priests and companies of travelling players: many generations of people drawn from all walks of life go to make up the fascinating history of the English theatre. In this book, C. Walter Hodges describes in word and picture how the idea of the theatre in Shakespeare's time developed gradually from pagan festivals a... more »nd religious drama to the playhouses of the 16th century. One playhouse in particular, a little thatched building which disappeared long ago, was the Globe. This was Shakespeare's theatre; the place where his plays were staged and he himself acted in them. The author describes a typical performance of Julius Caesar at the Globe, and writes of how theatres were designed and run at the time. He passes on his belief that the voice of Shakespeare remains one of the greatest voices of human experience, and that Shakespeare's theatre will always be one of the unforgettable places in the history of the human imagination.« less