New Globe playhouse draws us inside Shakespeare's inner space
Crafted from oak and lit by candles, the Globe's new playhouse isn't just a jewel box of a theatre " it's also a time machinePaul Russell is investigating a trapdoor in the attic space of a squat redbrick building next to Shakespeare's Globe. Above us is a thin black rope suspended from a girder. "This," says Russell, "is how our actors will fly." It looks a little flimsy. Has it been tested? "I don't think so," I'm…