By the early 1960s the city had a population of approximately 45,000. A number of manufacturing plants operated in Irving, along with transportation, retail and financial businesses. The University of Dallas in Irving opened in 1956, and Texas Stadium was completed in 1971 as the home field of the Dallas Cowboys.
A second Globe Theatre was built on the same site by June 1614 and closed by an Ordinance issued on 6 September 1642. A modern reconstruction of the Globe, named Shakespeare's Globe, opened in 1997 approximately 750 feet (230 m) from the site of the original theatre. From 1909, the current Gielgud Theatre was called Globe Theatre, until it was renamed (in honour of John Gielgud) in 1994.
A+E Networks. The Globe Theater, where most of Shakespeareâs plays debuted, burned down on this day in 1613. The Globe was built by Shakespeareâs acting company, the Lord Chamberlainâs Men, in 1599 from the timbers of Londonâs very first permanent theater, Burbageâs Theater, built in 1576.he Lord Chamberlainâs men built Blackfriars theater in 1608, a smaller theater that seated about 700 people, to use in winter when the open-air Globe wasnât practical.