What was the entertainment in the Elizabethan times?

Answer 1

There were many different types of Elizabethan Entertainment many of which are detailed as follows: * Feasts - A large, elaborately prepared meal, usually for many persons and often accompanied by court entertainment. Often celebrated religious festivals * Banquets - A ceremonial dinner honoring a particular guest * Fairs - The Annual Summer Fair was often a bawdy affair * Plays - Starting as plays enacted in town squares followed by the actors using the courtyards of taverns or inns ( referred to as Inn-yards ) followed by the first theatres ( great open air amphitheatres built in the same style as the Roman Coliseum ) and then the introduction of indoor theatres called Playhouses * Mystery Plays - Re-enacting stories from The Bible * Festivals - Celebrating Church festivals * Dancing - Elizabethan dances enjoyed by the Upper Classes, Royalty and Nobility included the Cinque-pace, Galliard, Pavane, Roundel, Tordion and the Volta * Jousts / Tournaments - A series of tilting matches between knights * Games and Sports - Sports and games which included Archery, bowling, cards, dice, hammer-throwing, quarter-staff contests, quoits, skittles and Wrestling * Animal Sports - Including Bear and Bull baiting. Dog and Cock fighting * Hunting - Sport followed by the nobility often using dogs * Hawking - Sport followed by the nobility with hawks

Answer 2

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