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What name was given to the people who watched Shakespeare's plays from the courtyard?
The lower classes of observers stood in the theatre pit. They paid 1 penny as an entrance fee, and because they stood in the lowest area, were called groundlings. A less favorable name that they were called was Stinkards.
Who paid a penny to stand and watch the play from the pit?
They were called groundlings.
What are penny stinkards?
they are the groundlings from the 1500s. they would watch the play from the floor, and they would have to pay a penny to watch it. they are called the stinkard because they used to stink in the summer. and people in the 1500s would take a shower 2 a year or something. and the poor people didnt have money, so most of them didnt take showers. i hope this answers your question.
What were people called that only paid a penny to see a Shakespeare performances?
The groundlings
What was the name given to the audience members who stood in the yard around the stage of the Globe Theatre?
When I visited the reconstruction of the Globe theatre in London, I was told that they are referred to as Groundlings. I have also heard that the actors sometimes referred to them as 'Penny Stinkards', but I can't give a good source to confirm this.
Who were the groundlings at shakespeare's plays?
"Groundlings" is the name given to people who bought the one-penny standing room tickets at the big public theatres. They are called that because they stood on the ground.
What was the name for the peasants who would pay a penny to sit on the ground to see Shakespeares play?
They were called "groundlings."
How much did the groundlings pay?
1d (one penny) 1d (one penny)
What were poor spectators called?
In Shakespeare's day they were called groundlings because their one-penny admission only entitled them to stand on the gound in from of the stage.
People who stood in the Globe Theatre?
Groundlings or the Penny Public.
What were the peasants called who watched the plays standing up?
They weren't peasants who were serfs or indentured farm labourers. There weren't any peasants in London. They were apprentices, small tradesmen, shopkeepers and the like who couldn't afford the tuppenny ticket. They were called groundlings or, by some ruder people, "stinkards".
What the groundlings from sitting in the gallery without paying an extra penny?
Groundlings did not sit in the gallery at the Globe, as the cost of those seats was as much as half a crown. A penny to stand before the stage equaled a groundlings daily wage. However, for a penny more, they were led through another door of the theater where they could sit down for the performance.
