Where in London was the original Globe Theatre located?

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The original Globe Theatre was located in Bankside, an area situated along the south bank of the River Thames in the London borough of Southwark.1

The theater was strategically positioned just outside the jurisdiction of the City of London, a common location for venues such as playhouses and bear gardens during that era. In 1989, archaeologists discovered a partial foundation of the original 1599 structure buried beneath a 19th-century building in this same district.12