The Globe Theater(环球剧场) in London is very famous because people can see most of William Shakespeare's plays there. It has a history of more than four hundred years. At that time, the theater was an open air playhouse. Shakespeare wrote many plays for it. There were three floors in the theater. It had about 3,000 seats. The poor watched the darma in a pit. What was a pit? It was a place around the stage(舞台). Its tickets were cheaper. People could pay only a penny to stand there to watch a drama.59. The seats on the third floor were for rich people because the tickets were much more expensive.
In 1613, a fire damaged(毁坏) the theater. Later, people repaired(修复) it for some time. In 1977, a new globe theater came out. 60.它和旧的那个一样大。 There is also a shopping center there. You can do some shopping before the plays start or after the plays end.
