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On 29 June 1613 the Globe Theatre went up in flames during a performance of Henry VIII.

A theatrical cannon, set off during the performance, misfired, igniting the wooden beams and thatching.

According to one of the few surviving documents of the event, no one was hurt except a man whose burning breeches were put out with a bottle of ale.

It was rebuilt in the following year.