I was just thinking back on all the plays I've read. I think it's very interesting that you can pull so many hidden messages from the lines of Shakespeare. He talks about his passions in the plays; words, education, writing in general, play writing specifically, proforming arts, theater, etc...
Because of this I was remembering that Shakespeare references the Globe theater itself in many places.
The Tempest Act 4, sc 1.
"These are actors as I fortold you, were all spirits and are melted into air, into thin air; and like the baseless fabric of this vision, the cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces, the solemn temples, the great globe itself....""I hold the world by as the world Gratiano, a stage, where every man must play a part, and mine a sad one."
As You Like It Act. 2, sc. 7
"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players; they have their exits and their entrances, and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages."
Richard II Act. 5, sc.2
"As in a theater, the eyes of men,
After a well-grac'd actor leaves the stage,
Are idly bent on him that enters next,
Thinking his prattle to be tedious."
It is also cool that because the theater was named the Globe you could have a double meaning; you could be talking about the theater or the entire world.
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