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groundlings are the ones not sitting in overhangs or balconies but on the floor Pit
They were called groundlings.
The groundlings were people who paid for standing room tickets which entitled them to stand on the floor and watch the play. At the Globe these cost a penny.
The groundlings always paid attention although sometimes they got disrupted by people selling nuts and often got angry when the play was bad
They were called "groundlings."
groundlings are the ones not sitting in overhangs or balconies but on the floor Pit
groundlings are the ones not sitting in overhangs or balconies but on the floor Pit
They were called groundlings.
The groundlings were people who paid for standing room tickets which entitled them to stand on the floor and watch the play. At the Globe these cost a penny.
Answer Because they stood on the ground they were called "groundlings."
The Groundlings was created in 1974.
The groundlings always paid attention although sometimes they got disrupted by people selling nuts and often got angry when the play was bad
They were called "groundlings."
Four pennies for regular people, and for poor people, or "Groundlings" one penny. the regular people got to sit in the chairs, but the groundlings had to stand at the front of the stage for the whole play.
The groundlings were the people who bought standing room tickets.
In Shakespeare's time - the groundlings
The lower classes of observers stood in the theatre pit. They paid 1 penny as an entrance fee, and because they stood in the lowest area, were called groundlings. A less favorable name that they were called was Stinkards.