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This development was supported by an
archeological dig in 1989 on the site of the
original and second Globe Theatres showing
that the two buildings shared not only the same
site, but also the same foundations giving the
researchers measurements of the external walls.
It also gave other valuable information
including an accurate distance from Hollar's
point of view from the Cathedral tower to the
Globe. The spectacular interior of the Pop-up
Globe was developed from the extensive
historical research of its Research and
Development Team.

The company went on to develop a
prefabricated, transportable, and fully
functional Globe for its international tours - the
first was in 2017 in Melbourne! It used steel
scaffolding technology devised by a New
Zealand company, CamelSpace.

determined to develop the size
and power of his kingdom. A
great film - well worth re-visiting.
You may wonder what Will
would have made of all this. What
was his own production of Henry
V like, written and produced for
the small stage in his Globe
Theatre in the early 1600s?
Last September, Melbourne
theatre-goers had an opportunity
to find out. And for that we have
to thank the New Zealand Theatre
Production Company that, in
2016, built in Auckland the
world's first full-scale working
reconstruction of the second
Globe Theatre. It was first used
to present a twelve week season
of eight plays to celebrate the
400th anniversary of
Shakespeare's death. This
attracted audiences totalling over
100,000, including 20,000 school
students. It was overwhelmingly
successful and lead on to the most
ambitious stage of its growth.

The Company wanted to take its productions
on international tours. Its first Pop-up Globe
was a success based on remarkable research
that had went back over 400 years. When the
first Globe, built in 1599, was burnt down in
1613, a second Globe was built on the same
site. It was still there in the 1630’s when a
Czech artist, Wenceslaus Hollar made sketches
from the Southwark Cathedral tower of the
London skyline. One of these sketches included
the second Globe Theatre. This small image
was a key element of the academic work of
Associate Professor Tim Fitzpatrick, Pop-up
Globe's Founding Research Fellow, and Mr
Russell Emerson, Founding Research Associate
in this research carried out in the Department
of Theatre and Performance Studies of the
University of Sydney. This, and the use of
computer-aided design software, lead to the
creation of a 1:50 card model of the Globe
based on Hollar's sketch.

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