The balcony or gallery above and behind the stage in the Globe Theatre served multiple purposes. It provided a space for musicians and additional performers, enhancing the theatrical experience with live music during plays. Additionally, it offered seating for wealthier audience members who could afford a better view of the performance, creating a tiered social structure within the theatre. This design also contributed to the acoustics, helping to project the actors' voices.
The general consensus is that there were two levels of seats under the roof, if those are the galleries you are asking about. The modern Globe has two and it looks like pictures of the original Globe. If you are talking about the gallery above the stage that was Juliet's balcony or the walls of Harfleur, there was only one.
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There were four places on the Globe stage where an actor could appear to be hiding from the others. First, the roof over the stage was supported by two large wooden pillars, which an actor could hide behind. These were probably the "trees" in As You Like It and the place where Troilus and Thersites hide in Troilus and Cressida. Then there is the "concealment space", a small room in the back wall with a curtain in front of it, used to hide Ferdinand and Miranda in The Tempest. Finally, there is the balcony above the stage. In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo (behind a pillar) is spying on Juliet (on the balcony), but the person on the balcony could just as easily be spying on the stage.
The general consensus is that there were two levels of seats under the roof, if those are the galleries you are asking about. The modern Globe has two and it looks like pictures of the original Globe. If you are talking about the gallery above the stage that was Juliet's balcony or the walls of Harfleur, there was only one.
it was used for looking at pictures
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There were four places on the Globe stage where an actor could appear to be hiding from the others. First, the roof over the stage was supported by two large wooden pillars, which an actor could hide behind. These were probably the "trees" in As You Like It and the place where Troilus and Thersites hide in Troilus and Cressida. Then there is the "concealment space", a small room in the back wall with a curtain in front of it, used to hide Ferdinand and Miranda in The Tempest. Finally, there is the balcony above the stage. In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo (behind a pillar) is spying on Juliet (on the balcony), but the person on the balcony could just as easily be spying on the stage.
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There were 3 levels of seating. the upper gallery, the middle gallery and the lower gallery. In each gallery there were different sections you could sit in. Depending where you sat, you might pay more or less. Before the stage at the bottom of the hoof shaped galleries, there was a section for people to stand in. This was considered the place were peasants and such went. Balconies were used for the musicians and sometimes scenes like the famous Romeo and Juliet balcony scene.
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The Globe Theater is a replica of the original theater where William Shakespeare wrote and performed his plays. The entrances are on the ground level, and to get to the gallery, the spectator must take the stairs up to the gallery.