A short plea on the website of Shakespeare’s Globe theater underscores a bleak truth: “As a charity that receives no regular government subsidy, we desperately need your support, more than

ever before.” The British cultural staple is in danger of closing permanently if it does not receive adequate funding to make up for losses from coronavirus-related lockdowns, according to

the theater’s leadership and documents from Parliament’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee. The theater is a replica of the original Globe Theatre, built in the late 16th century

by the theater company to which Shakespeare belonged. The venue saw the debut of many of the Bard’s plays, but it burned down in 1613. The current Globe is near the site of the original, on