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Rome rebuilds Shakespeare's Globe Theater, not far from Julius Caesar's Roman Forum

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From: AP Worldstream
Date: 20030829
Author:ARIEL DAVID, Associated Press Writer

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Dateline: ROME William Shakespeare set nearly half of his works in Italy. Now the city of Rome is honoring the playwright by building a faithful replica of the 16th century Globe Theater, where his most famous plays were shown.

Starting in October, spectators can lend their ears to the Bard's masterpieces in a round, wooden theater amid the crickets and greenery of the Villa Borghese, one of the city's public parks.

The setting couldn't be more appropriate: A few miles (kilometers) away is the Roman Forum, where Shakespeare's Mark Anthony pleaded "lend me your ...

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