New Shakespeare library and research centre opens at the Globe Theatre

The Globe Theatre at Bankside has opened a public Shakespeare library and research centre, giving visitors access to more than 6,000 books and a collection of rare Renaissance texts.
Shakespeare’s Globe / James Newton
The Globe describes the collection as the closest surviving resemblance to Shakespeare’s bookshelf.
The new Research & Collections Centre includes the Audre D. Carlin Reading Room, whose books cover Shakespeare, early modern literature and culture, and the history o