Original Globe Theatre Pictures
It had been assumed that the Globe Theatre had been an octagonal shaped building. This assumption was based on the illustrated Visscher map engraving of 1616.  But recent archaeological evidence and other documents, such as the illustrated Hollar map, indicate that it was actually a 20-sided building. Not one inside picture of the old theatre is in existence, however, a picture of another amphitheatre, the Swan, has survived. The picture of the Swan Theatre is by Johannes de Witt, a Dutch traveller, who visited the Swan between 1596-1598. The picture was accompanied by a diary by Johannes de Witt which is probably the single most important source of information about the internal layout of the London theatres. The following links provide pictures of the original Globe Theatre together with pictures of other Elizabethan theatres. All of these pictures help to provide a comprehensive view of the Elizabethan theatre.