The people who stood on the ground were called groundlings.
In Shakespearian times the "groundlings" stood at the front of the stage. This location was the cheap area and used by the poor. the rich sat in viewing boxes or even on stage.
they were called groundlings
Groundlings.
People stood because they could not afford to buy tickets to the part of the theatre where there were seats. Instead they stood in "the pit" immediately in front of the stage and were called "groundlings" because they stood on the ground.
The kind of people for whom it was worth standing through a play to save a penny i.e. either very cheap or poor.
There were the groundlings (people who stood on the floor I front of the stage) and the higher class who sat on wooden benches on the three tiers of the theatre
Anyone basiclly. But, the poorer people had to sit in "penny seats" so they paid a penny and stood in front of the stage. The richer people sat in cushioned chairs surrounding them.
The Pit, as it was called, was not actually that much lower than the lowest tier of seats. The Globe Theatre, like many theatres of its time, was a circular building with a large unroofed courtyard in the middle. This courtyard, into which the stage projected, was where those who bought one-penny seats stood. These standees, called "groundlings" stood right up to the very edge of the stage.
People stood because they could not afford to buy tickets to the part of the theatre where there were seats. Instead they stood in "the pit" immediately in front of the stage and were called "groundlings" because they stood on the ground.
They were called groundlings and are often associated with the Globe Theater, the place where most of Shakespeare's plays were preformed.
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The kind of people for whom it was worth standing through a play to save a penny i.e. either very cheap or poor.
There were the groundlings (people who stood on the floor I front of the stage) and the higher class who sat on wooden benches on the three tiers of the theatre
Anyone basiclly. But, the poorer people had to sit in "penny seats" so they paid a penny and stood in front of the stage. The richer people sat in cushioned chairs surrounding them.
Anyone basiclly. But, the poorer people had to sit in "penny seats" so they paid a penny and stood in front of the stage. The richer people sat in cushioned chairs surrounding them.
The Pit, as it was called, was not actually that much lower than the lowest tier of seats. The Globe Theatre, like many theatres of its time, was a circular building with a large unroofed courtyard in the middle. This courtyard, into which the stage projected, was where those who bought one-penny seats stood. These standees, called "groundlings" stood right up to the very edge of the stage.
Groundlings were theatre spectatiors who stood at ground level around the stage during the time of William Shakespeare
Those were the "groundlings" or also known as the common people/ poor people. The commoners had to pay a penny to watch the play, which was often only an entire day's pay.
Most spectators were in the "pit" which was the area around the stage. They stood. Richer people could sit in covered areas, either on the balcony (double check me on that one) or on the ground level.
Stood up for yourself