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They would have had many forms of entertainment, some of them rather cruel to our modern sensibilities. For example, bear baiting, bull baiting, dog fighting, cockerel fighting, hunting (with dogs and hawks), jousting, dancing (Henry VIII and Elizabeth I loved dancing, and both danced well), music (again something Henry VIII and Elizabeth I excelled at).

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There were no electronics in Elizabethan times. All entertainment was by people. They typically played music, recited poems and stories or performed theatrical pieces. Physical theatre, like tumbling, juggling and animal acts were popular.

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Marbles, ball games and hopscotch have always been popular. Some games like "ring around the rosie" demonstrably come from that era and have an allusion to the sneezing which victims of the pneumonic plague suffered before they "all fall down".

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They would sing, dance and watch tv .. haha no, there were no tv's ;)

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the Elizabethans would go to the globe to watch some of Shakespeare's plays

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They killed eachothers.

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play with toys and play games

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