ARC XIII Shakespeares Globe Theatre

ARC XIII Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre

 

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Number ARC XIII
Name Shakespeare’s Globe theatre
First year published 1950
Publisher Micromodels
Number of cards 6
Size of cards 9 x 13 cm
Scale 1 : 500
Description First issued in 1950 at 2/-d.
Reprinted in 1952 at 2/6d.
Catalogued as out of print in 1954.
Reprinted in 1955 at 3/-d.
No significant stocks passed from Broadway Approvals to Watford Model Supply Co. in 1971.

There are many reproductions:

Early drawings of the model in the 1950 catalogue show a different layout than the final paper model.

The old London theatre has been recreated as a working London theatre in 1997.  The original site of the Globe will probably never be excavated as it lies under a listed building.  In 1989 one of the Globe’s sister theatres, The Rose, was excavated and revealed that the design of the Micromodel is essentially correct.