In The Globe Theatre, the groundlings were the audience members who stood in the pit, directly in front of the stage. They paid a low admission fee, allowing them to experience the performances up close, often reacting vocally and enthusiastically to the action. The atmosphere was lively and interactive, with groundlings sometimes throwing food or shouting at the actors. This engaged and rowdy crowd contributed significantly to the vibrant energy of the performances.
The Globe, like all elizabethan theatres, had a stage surrounded by a circle of galleries with seats. The space between the stage and the galleries, on all three sides, was called the pit, and that's where the groundlings stood. The related link shows a picture of a bunch of schoolkids standing in the Pit where the groundlings would have stood in the New Globe.
The new Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London, which is about twenty years old, was designed to look as much as possible like the Globe Theatre built in 1599. If you look for images of that theatre you will see what it looked like.
it looks like a round globe
it looks like a globe
The outside of the original Globe Theatre looked very much like Sam Wanamaker's modern Globe theatre in Southwark. We don't know what the original Globe looked like inside. (The inside of the modern Globe is copied from some drawings we have of the inside of the Star - a slightly less famous Jacobean theatre).
The Globe, like all elizabethan theatres, had a stage surrounded by a circle of galleries with seats. The space between the stage and the galleries, on all three sides, was called the pit, and that's where the groundlings stood. The related link shows a picture of a bunch of schoolkids standing in the Pit where the groundlings would have stood in the New Globe.
The new Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London, which is about twenty years old, was designed to look as much as possible like the Globe Theatre built in 1599. If you look for images of that theatre you will see what it looked like.
it looks like a round globe
it looks like a globe
The outside of the original Globe Theatre looked very much like Sam Wanamaker's modern Globe theatre in Southwark. We don't know what the original Globe looked like inside. (The inside of the modern Globe is copied from some drawings we have of the inside of the Star - a slightly less famous Jacobean theatre).
I am not 100%, but I believe it was because there was no roof... Since the groundlings were right in front of the stage, there was no roof over their heads (none over the stage) If it rained, they would get wet! Hope this helps!
the globe theater is shaped like an ''o''
a globe
it was a circle
awsome
The Globe Theatre is located in London. Google Images provides many pictures of the Globe Theatre. Shakespeare's Globe and the Globe Theatre website also provide pictures of the Globe Theatre.
You can find out by attending a play at Shakespeare's Globe in London or in another replica of an Elizabethan theatre.