Theatres are typically built in urban areas where there is a demand for live performances and entertainment. They can be found in city centers, cultural districts, or near universities to attract diverse audiences. Additionally, theatres may be constructed in community spaces or local neighborhoods to enhance accessibility and promote local arts. The design and location often depend on the intended purpose, audience size, and type of performances they will host.
Elizabethan Theatres were open roofed play houses built in the Renaissance
The first theatres which were open were built during the barbarian times to effect executions as public warnings. Theatres then became terraced amphi theatres such as the Rome's Collesium where cruel games of lesser blood and gore between man and beast were conducted till one's death. Proper theatres for staging plays existed during the time of Sophocles.
They were built at the south of the River Thames.
In Elizabethan times there were actually city ordinances prohibiting the building of theatres within the city (there were no city walls around sixteenth-century London). Think of it as a zoning ordinance. The city fathers thought that theatres created traffic problems and contributed to the spread of crime and disease (although they did not worry about churches, strangely enough). Therefore the theatres were built in the suburbs.
In 1567 the first purpose-built theatre in England was built. Before that time, acting companies had to go on tour and play on such makeshift stages as might be available, in rich people's houses, town halls and innyards. Innyard theatres, which continued in operation well into the 1600s, were the model for the early playhouses. Most acting companies continued to play in such makeshift spaces even after the purpose-built theatres were built because there were many more companies than theatres. Even nowadays, acting companies on tour will play anywhere they can set up. That tradition is far from dead.
Elizabethan Theatres were open roofed play houses built in the Renaissance
They invented it. The greeks built only theatres, which were semicircular. The Romans built both theatres and amphitheatres (circular or oval arenas).
they were mostly in London!
they were mostly in London!
The west end of London is where allot of theatres and concert halls are,there are other places but this is the most prominent.
Two Globe Theatres were built because the first one burned down.
They were built at the south of the River Thames.
The first theatres which were open were built during the barbarian times to effect executions as public warnings. Theatres then became terraced amphi theatres such as the Rome's Collesium where cruel games of lesser blood and gore between man and beast were conducted till one's death. Proper theatres for staging plays existed during the time of Sophocles.
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In Elizabethan times there were actually city ordinances prohibiting the building of theatres within the city (there were no city walls around sixteenth-century London). Think of it as a zoning ordinance. The city fathers thought that theatres created traffic problems and contributed to the spread of crime and disease (although they did not worry about churches, strangely enough). Therefore the theatres were built in the suburbs.
Officially opened on October 12, 2002.
1. There is not and never has been a theatre called the Elizabeth Theatre. (There are Queen Elizabeth Theatres in Toronto and Vancouver, but no Elizabeth Theatre), so obviously nobody built a theatre by that name. 2. William Shakespeare did not build theatres. He was not a builder. He was not a contractor. Nor did he hire them. Shakespeare invested in theatres, he did not build them.