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Yes they did, everything from stage blood to trap doors (even thunder and lightning). The Globe Theatre actually burnt down because they fired a cannon onstage for a performance of Henry VIII).

Though plays that featured stage effects for the purpose of spectacle (just to draw an audience) didn't really start happening until after the restoration (second half of the 17th century).

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