London's famous Globe Theatre is in danger of closing forever

The Covid-19 health emergency has been devastating for the world of live entertainment, which has been forced to halt due to safety concerns. One of the world’s most celebrated theaters faces permanent closure: the Globe Theatre in London, a faithful reproduction of Shakespeare ’s theater that was destroyed by fire in the seventeenth century. The modern reconstruction, on the banks of the Thames, dates back to the 1990s.

The famous theater in the U.K. said in a document sent to a parliamentary committee that the period of forced closure was financially devastating and warned that it could be fatal for it. He also said that without urgent economic help from the government, it would probably not be able to overcome this crisis and its closure would be “a tragedy for the art world, for the legacy of England’s most celebrated writer, as well as for the whole country.”

The Globe Theatre has already benefited from aid provided by the government to support workers and other measures, but estimates that it needs further financial support, at least about five and a half million.

On its website, the institution has also launched an appeal to raise funds through donations. “In this unprecedented period for the cultural sector, when no regular subsidy is received, we need donations aimed at helping us to continue to thrive in the future,” it reads.

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London's famous Globe Theatre is in danger of closing forever

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