The Globe Theatre

Elizabethan permanente theatres were circular or octagonal.
Whitin the outer walls there were tiers of ROOFED GALLERIES and the YARD where the poors stood. The STAGE jutted out into the yard so that when the playhouse was full, the players were surrounded on three sides.
At the rear of the stage there was a TIRING HOUSE where the actors changed themselves.
There were no STAGE CURTAINS.

(This is the Globe Theatre in a contemporary printing)

Most of Shakespeare's plays were performed at the Globe that has been reconstructed and can be visited today.