Theatre in Shakespeare's time was not a quiet experience. It was more like going to a screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show: people yelled at the actors and threw things at the stage. The performance of Pyramus and Thisbe in A Midsummer Night's Dream gives you some idea of how vocal audiences could be. So does The Death of Gonzago in Hamlet; in the middle Hamlet yells at the actors "Is this a prologue or the posy of a ring?"
the Globe Theatre
It is called Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.
Intervals are quite boring! Don't blame them if they didn't have them in Shakespearean times but I'm not sure if they did. My friend said they did though!
Women had a very limited role in the Elizabethan theatre, being involved mainly in the tiring house or costume department.
1 pence to stand 2 pence to sit 3-5 pence to sit on upper balconies
the Globe Theatre
The name of the recreated theatre from Shakespeare's time in London is called the Globe Theatre.
The name of the recreated theatre from Shakespeare's time in London is called the Globe Theatre.
Yes, in Shakespeares time.
It is called Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.
Just about everybody except the Puritans, who objected to the theatre and, when they came to power in England, had it banned.
The theatre would run a flag up the flagpole if there was a play toward.
Immediately before entering the theatre. People paid at the door to get in. You couldn't get advance tickets.
All of them except the ones with really bad haemorrhoids. If you want to know how many could be seated in a particular theatre, you had better specify the theatre.
The opening day was March 36, 1610. And the play preformed was Kinky Girls Next Door.
Intervals are quite boring! Don't blame them if they didn't have them in Shakespearean times but I'm not sure if they did. My friend said they did though!
yes, its different each time