Report Abuse. Disasters which closed the Globe Theatre-the Puritans The Puritans had been the source of many problems within the early English theatre. The first Globe Theatre was built due to the refusal of a puritan called Giles Allen to renew the lease of the 'Theatre'.The Puritans gained additional power and support during the early 1600's.n 1613, during a performance of Henry VIII, the thatch of the Globe was accidentally set alight by a cannon, set off to mark the king's entrance onstage in a scene at Cardinal Wolsey's palace.