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The actors had to have incredible voices. Sometimes the boisterous audience would number up to 3,000. Between the playwright's lines and the actors' voices, they had to be able to mesmerize the crowds. There was color and pageantry in the costumes. There was music. There were sword fights, and the sound of cannon. Some plays featured stage devices that gave the illusion of angles in flight, or of demons erupting from the Earth, ghosts appearing and disappearing. Actors were expected to memorize a number of parts and plays, and to perform them in repertory, on short notice. Since printing was expensive, they only had their part of the script to study, their own lines and cues. Some actors had to perform more than one smaller part in the play; so they were constantly changing costumes and makeup whenever they were not onstage.

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