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If you went to the public theatres like the Globe, it was incredibly crowded. It is believed that the original Globe could hold 3000 people, whereas the modern one holds half that at most, mostly because people were really crowded together. If you were a groundling, you were shoehorned in with a whole lot of other people, none of whom had bathed or brushed their teeth, standing for two hours without a break to pee even. And it was hot, with all those people jammed together. Thomas Dekker, one of Shakespeare's fellow playwrights, had this to say about the "stinkards" who stood in The Pit of theatres like the Globe, Red Bull and Fortune: "Their houses smoked every afternoon with stinkards who were so glued together in crowds with the steams of strong breath, that when they came forth, their faces looked as if they had been par-boiled."
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Do children go to Shakespeare's Globe Theatre?
Sure, children are welcome at most performances at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. They often have school tours there. You are aware that the name "Shakespeare's Globe theatre" can only refer to the theatre built in 1997 and can never refer to the one built in 1599, aren't you?
Why did people go to the theatre in Greek times?
theatre greek
Romeo and Juliet how was this form of poetry used in Elizabethan times?
In Shakespeare's time commercial theatre was a new entertainment medium. (The first full-time commercial theatre seems to have opened when Shakespeare was about eight years old). Londoners went to the theatre for entertainment - much the way we go to the cinema today. Prices were expensive - but not impossible - for a working man, and well within the reach of anyone with professional status.
What was it like to go to the globe theatre?
I enjoyed it. The best way is to go to the New Shakespeare's Globe in London and watch a play there. Or if you can't do that, then watch a recording of a play being performed there. Or watch the beginning of Laurence Olivier's Henry V, which has an impression of what Elizabethan theatre was like live. Then imagine that the crowd is rowdier.
Did everyone have to go school in Shakespeare times?
no
How were people originally attracted to the plays of Shakespeare?
They watched them. They'd go to the theatre and come out saying, "That was a good play".
What was the atmosphere like in the globe theatre in Shakespeare's time?
When you think about it, this question can't be answered. You can talk about what we know about the big public Elizabethan and Jacobean theatres like the Globe. You can go to Shakespeare's Globe in London or watch films made about such productions (like Shakespeare in Love or Olivier's Henry V) to try to capture that feeling. But like all questions along the line of "What was it like to be there?" the answer is "You had to be there and experience it for yourself."
What was it like to go to a theatre in Shakespeare England?
Women weren't allowed to do go on in plays so men dressed in drag played the roles and it was like a coliseum without a roof and the peasants sat or stood on the ground rain or not. and the upper class were in booths.
How much did the less important people pay to go to the theatre in Shakespeare's time?
It only cost them a penny per show.
Who attended the Globe theater in the 1600s?
Not everyone in the 1600's could attended the theatre. Only men could go to the theatre. The men had to be very wealthy though. This might not seem like lot but it took a couple pennies to get in which is Lot back then. A short book I request reading is the Shakespeare stealer the first of 3. It shows an accurate representation of Shakespeare's world. Hope this helped
Why did people go see Shakespeare in the 15th and 16th century?
Just as we go to see a movie in a theatre. Public entertainment. Remember, they did not have television and many of the electronics that we have today.
What acting places did shakespeare work for?
He didn't so much work for places as for companies. The acting company which he was with performed in more than one place (although since a bunch of them owned the Globe, that was their favourite). Shakespeare also had an interest in the Blackfriars Theatre, an indoor theatre, and when there was plague, the show would go on tour.
