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The Modern Globe theatre is based on the original design from Shakespears' time - so forget the heating. The audience is mainly standing, but there is some seating in the galleries.
Our ideas about how theatre companies handled publicity are pretty speculative, but they may have consisted of handbills, trumpet flourishes, and flying flags above the theatre.
Women were not allowed to preform at any theatre in Shakespeare's time. Women first appeared on stage in England after 1660.
Both Elizabeth I and James I were patrons of the arts. Both sponsored theatre companies and musicians.
Everybody except the very poor (who could not afford the ticket price) and the very rich (who could afford to hire the actors to come and perform in their homes). There were also people who did not like any kind of theatre, such as the Puritans who were opposed to people having fun, and extreme lowbrows who were only interested in bearbaiting and other blood sports. They didn't show up at the theatre. And of course the Globe was only one of several theatres operating in London at that time; there were theatre patrons who chose to watch actors from companies other than the Chamberlain's/King's Men, such as the Admiral's or Worcester's or for a time, the Children of Paul's or the Chapel.
The Modern Globe theatre is based on the original design from Shakespears' time - so forget the heating. The audience is mainly standing, but there is some seating in the galleries.
Shakespeare wrote his play Romeo and Juliet for theatre companies to perform, specifically Lord Strange's Men, which was the company he was sort of with at the time (possibly as a hired actor, possibly just as a hired playwright)
Slightly before Shakespears time
Late in the evening so they can come back from work and then go and watch a play.
Chuck Norris was in control of the government at the time of Shakespears writing.
Our ideas about how theatre companies handled publicity are pretty speculative, but they may have consisted of handbills, trumpet flourishes, and flying flags above the theatre.
Women were not allowed to preform at any theatre in Shakespeare's time. Women first appeared on stage in England after 1660.
In the book "King of Shadows," Nat gets to perform "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the Globe Theatre in London, England. He travels back in time to the year 1599 and experiences the thrill of acting on the historical stage.
Both Elizabeth I and James I were patrons of the arts. Both sponsored theatre companies and musicians.
Everybody except the very poor (who could not afford the ticket price) and the very rich (who could afford to hire the actors to come and perform in their homes). There were also people who did not like any kind of theatre, such as the Puritans who were opposed to people having fun, and extreme lowbrows who were only interested in bearbaiting and other blood sports. They didn't show up at the theatre. And of course the Globe was only one of several theatres operating in London at that time; there were theatre patrons who chose to watch actors from companies other than the Chamberlain's/King's Men, such as the Admiral's or Worcester's or for a time, the Children of Paul's or the Chapel.
It was another name for the Hope Theatre, a theatre which could be converted for use as a bear-baiting pit. None of the significant acting companies liked the Hope, so it ended up being used for bear-baiting almost all of the time.
The name of the recreated theatre from Shakespeare's time in London is called the Globe Theatre.