How did the black plague effect the globe theatre and what about theatre?

Answer 1

They ceased to exist once people started to figure out that large groups of people gathered into small spaces increased one's chance of contracting the Plague. During Shakespeare's time, the theaters were ordered closed by law.

that or go on wicki aand figure it out for urself

Answer 2

When the Black Death (Bubonic Plague) was spreading around Europe, especially England, people feared contracting of the disease. To avoid large crowds of potentially infected persons, which made it even easier for the spread of illness, theatres were closed during major outbreaks. Therefore, playwrites and actors had to resort to preforming in courtyards, inns, churches, town squares, and private homes.

Answer 3

The theaters where considered unholy because the "Black Death" would spread there. It was easy to spread because of the unsanitary conditions of the play houses. Rats thrived in these unclean places, along with the pluge carring fleas. As a result, the local city counsil wanted to close these theaters, but thanks to Queen Elizabeth, the theaters where forced out side city limits.

Answer 4

It made it, so less people came because they were dead, sick, or afraid of getting the disease and also the actors could have gotten it and they would have died so there would be no more plays and no audience to watch them so theatre would be effectively dead.

Answer 5

The plague first arrived in Europe two hundred years before Shakespeare was born, and remained a fixture of European life for the next four hundred years. There were always some plague deaths, but when there was a major outbreak of plague in London, all of the city theatres closed down. The confined space of the theatre was seen as being too risky in terms of the transmission of disease between members of the audience. In particular, plague closed all London theatres for two whole years, in 1593 and 1594. During this time many playing companies went bankrupt and broke up and their actors formed new companies. One of these new companies was the Lord Chamberlain's Men, mostly actors who had previously been with Lord Strange's (also known as Derby's Men) and some from Pembroke's Men, which was disbanded. It was formed in 1594.

When there was a closure due to plague, the companies had the choice of finding other work (like writing long erotic poems, as Shakespeare did) and waiting for the theatres to re-open, or to go on tour of the country towns. Going on tour was risky, and a number of companies lost their shirts doing it (literally--companies in financial trouble sometimes pawned their costumes!). The newly-formed Chamberlain's Men were able to perform at the theatre at Newington Butts, which was far enough south that the order to close did not affect it. They also had to share with The Lord Admiral's Men, who also needed a theatre. When there was a plague closure in 1596, they went on tour of Kent.

Answer 6

during the Black Death Plague everything came to a hault. People were afraid to leave their homes.

Answer 7

They were closed for a year after a certain number of people died in certain length of time (10 in a week if i remember correctly)