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In Elizabethan theaters, flags were flown on the day of the performance to alert the people. The color of the flags indicated the type of play that was going to be performed. The color black symbolized a tragedy and comedy had a white flag.

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What date is gnomeo and Juliet going to be in theatres?

Somewhere in February 2011


Why was prologue so important in Elizabethan theatre?

Because it explained the plays that were going to be played that day.


What time of day were plays usually performed in Elizabethan theaters?

Plays were performed at three o'clock in the afternoon when they were performed in a circular open air theater. There was not sufficient lighting to hold plays for large audiences indoors at night during the late 16th and early 17th centuries. They could and did perform for smaller audiences at night indoors at court, at people's homes, at public halls, and at indoor theatres like the Blackfriars. Because the audiences had to be smaller, indoor theatres' ticket prices were much higher than those at the large public outdoor theatres. Shakespeare attests to this procedure in A Midsummer Night's Dream, where Pyramus and Thisbe is performed on an indoor stage in "the three hours between after-supper and bed-time".


Why was the church against people going to the theatre in Shakespeare's time?

The theatre during Shakespeare's time was considered to be highly unmoral. It was believed that attending a performance at a theatre would keep people from attending church. Theatres were not quiets places like they are today. Many members of the audience would jeer the performers and crime was often an issue.


How many theatres were there in Shakespeare's time?

This is a difficult question to answer for a few reasons. First, theatrical performances took place in all kinds of venues, very few of which were exclusively used for drama. Second, the purpose-built theatres were not all there at the same time--they went out of fashion or were torn down and replaced by newer ones. Third, when you think of Shakespeare, you think of drama in or around London, but there was theatre going on in the rest of the world at the same time. Some of the theatres around London which were regularly used for theatrical performance in Shakespeare's time included the Theatre, Newington Butts Playhouse, the Curtain, the Rose, the Swan, the Globe, the Red Bull, the Fortune, the Hope, the Blackfriars, the Boar's Head and St. Paul's. A number of inns were also regularly used as theatres including the Bel savage, the Bull, the Bell, and the Cross Keys.