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The interior drawing of the Swan by Johannes de Witt, c.1596.

The Architecture Research Group was established to conduct or commision research into Elizabethan playhouse architecture in order to advise the board of the Shakespeare Globe Trust about developing the Globe Theatre space in accordance with new research.

Globe architect, Jon Greenfield, explains that 'the Globe was built as an experiment to investigate the lost open-air playhouse form of drama, in all its aspects, so it is vital tha there is a continual process of re-assessment, that all the judgements made during construction are re-evaluated when new evidence or new interpretations surface, and even that the old arguemnts, so hotly debated before construction, are continually re-rehearsed.'

The ARG is currently preoccupied with three projects:

1. The continued development of the "lower gallery";

2. The interior decorative scheme;
3. The completion of the Inigo Jones indoor playhouse.

The Architecture Research Group meets three times a year. If you are a scholar or PhD student researching Elizabethan playhouse architecture and would like to contribute to the research life at Shakespeare's Globe, please contact Dr. Farah Karim-Cooper.

Chair:

• Dr. Farah Karim-Cooper (Head of Courses and Research, Globe Education)

Members:

• Patrick Spottiswoode (Director of Globe Education);

• Dominic Dromgoole (Artistic Director of Shakespeare's Globe);
• Mark Rylance (former Artistic Director of Shakespeare's Globe);
• Claire van Kampen (former Director of Music at Shakespeare's Globe);
• Jennifer Tiramani (former Associate Designer of Shakespeare's Globe);
• Jon Greenfield (Shakespeare's Globe architect, Pentagram);
• Peter McCurdy (Shakespeare's Globe Master Craftsmen);
• Professor Andrew Gurr (Theatre Historian, former Director of Globe Research);
• Professor Franklin J. Hildy (Reconstruction Historian, University of Maryland);
• Paul Williams (Shakespeare's Globe Theatre Technical Manager);
• Professor Ralph Cohen (Founding Executive Director of The American Shakespeare Center, home to the Blackfriars Playhouse);
• Dr. Bridget Escolme (Queen Mary, University of London);
• William Dudley (Designer);
• Tim Carroll (Former Associate Director of Shakespeare's Globe);
• Christopher Baugh (Theatre Historian);
• Robert Graves (Theatre Historian);
• Iain Mackintosh (Theatre buildings consultant);
• Sarah Dustagheer (Globe/King's Collaborative Doctoral Award Student);
• Penelope Woods (Globe/Queen Mary Collaborative Doctoral Award Student).