In 2005, he took over from Mark Rylance as artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe. In 2008, he signed a new three-year contract to continue in the role until 2011. At the Globe, he directed "Coriolanus" and "Antony and Cleopatra" for the 2006 season, "Love's Labour's Lost" for the 2007 season, "King Lear" in 2008, "Romeo and Juliet" and the new play "A New World" by Trevor Griffiths in 2009, "Henry IV Part I" and "Henry IV Part II" in 2010, a touring production of "Hamlet" in 2011, "Henry V" in 2012 and "Gabriel" by Samuel Adamson with Alison Balson in 2013. In January 2014 he directed "The Duchess of Malfi", the opening production at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse (the Globe's indoor counterpart).