Some people have suggested that they raised a flag when a performance was going to take place. Records from Henslowe's diary suggested that they performed six days a week in all weathers, closing only for the winter, so there would be no need of such a signal.
They would rise a banner or flag to show what they were performing on that day, like those TV screens outside of a movie theater.
umm... maybe people saw him writing the script and the show itself and the people kept telling other people until now
A cannon would fire so the audience knew the play was about to begin.
they used a flag. A flag was raised on the day of the performance that sometimes showed a symbol or picture that indicated what play was being performed.
The actors walked out on the stage and started talking. Sometimes there was a flourish of trumpets or something like that but more often there wasn't.
How did people know when to hurry to the theatre because the performance was about to begin?
An actor would shout from the stage
phones
by people going to plays
Going to the Globe theatre was loads of fun. It was like going to the movies with your friends. It was like a get together. One bad thing was if the actors weren't good people could throw trash and tomatoes at them.
For entertainment. Movies weren't around in those days soinstead of going to the cinemas like we do, they went to the theatre :)
Yes there are still plays going on
the flag went up
by people going to plays
at the globe theatre opposite the river thames. apparently the globe had a flag on the top of it so that the other people on the other side of the thames new there was going to be a play performed at the globe theatre.
Going to the Globe theatre was loads of fun. It was like going to the movies with your friends. It was like a get together. One bad thing was if the actors weren't good people could throw trash and tomatoes at them.
For entertainment. Movies weren't around in those days soinstead of going to the cinemas like we do, they went to the theatre :)
Yes there are still plays going on
the flag went up
At the globe theatre they hung flags to represent what type of play it was. Black represented Tragedy. White was hung for a humorous play.
You could tell because peasants would post sheets with info and the people in the play would tell everyone
I'm assuming you mean when a play was about to be performed in the Globe theatre or one of the other Elizabethan theatre during Shakespearean times. If so, then people knew that a play was about to begin because a trumpet would be sounded.
"Shakespeare's Globe Theatre" is the name of the modern reconstruction of the Globe in Southwark, London, not far from the location of the original Globe. The repertoire of play performed there includes all of Shakespeare's plays, of course, as well as plays by Marlowe and other Elizabethan playwrights. You can check out what's going on there at the related link.
It was in a shape so Everyone in that theatre could see and hear everything that was going on. Also that it burned down on June 29, 1613 while praforming Henry Vlll
because everyone could see what was going on. if it was a whole load of rows, no one at the back would be able to see.