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The company, which is to say the Lord Chamberlain's Men and afterward the Kings' Men. The company would underwrite the initial costs of the production, the cost of the rehearsal space, the costumes, the script, the props, and then these would be paid from the box office receipts. The box office receipts were generally enough to pay these expenses, pay the owners of the theatre, pay the "hired men" or wage-earning actors, and still have plenty of profit which could be divided between the sharers of the company or retained to make the company's wealth larger. If a show failed to pay for its costs, the company could absorb the loss but of course like any business it could not continually lose money. Acting companies that did this went bankrupt.
The patron, the Lord Chamberlain or the King, had no financial obligations to the company. They just gave it legitimacy, and a powerful voice at court. (Lord Worcester used his political pull to get permission for his company, Lord Worcester's Men, to play in London playhouses along with the Admiral's and Chamberlain's Men)
What else can I help you with?
What were people called that only paid a penny to see a Shakespeare performances?
The groundlings
How much did it cost a groundling to see a Shakespeare play?
A penny
What were groundlings in renaissance theater?
Poor laborers, tradesmen and their families, who paid a whole day's wage (one penny, which would be about 5 to 6 US dollars a day now...) to stand at the front of the theater to see Shakespeare's plays instead of sitting in a covered balcony up at the back.
Did children see Shakespeare's plays?
yes
What did rabelais and shakespeare write in to appeal to the common people?
The vernacular. Rabelais wrote in French, Shakespeare in English. In Shakespeare's case, writing in Latin would have been professional suicide, seeing as most of the people who paid to see his plays did not know Latin.
What were people called that only paid a penny to see a Shakespeare performances?
The groundlings
How much did the audience's pay for different types of tickets to see one of Shakespeare's play?
Globe audience's paid one penny
How much did it cost a groundling to see a Shakespeare play?
A penny
What were groundlings in renaissance theater?
Poor laborers, tradesmen and their families, who paid a whole day's wage (one penny, which would be about 5 to 6 US dollars a day now...) to stand at the front of the theater to see Shakespeare's plays instead of sitting in a covered balcony up at the back.
Did children see Shakespeare's plays?
yes
What did Rabelais and Shakespeare write in to appeal to common people?
The vernacular. Rabelais wrote in French, Shakespeare in English. In Shakespeare's case, writing in Latin would have been professional suicide, seeing as most of the people who paid to see his plays did not know Latin.
What did rabelais and shakespeare write in to appeal to the common people?
The vernacular. Rabelais wrote in French, Shakespeare in English. In Shakespeare's case, writing in Latin would have been professional suicide, seeing as most of the people who paid to see his plays did not know Latin.
How many plays did William Shakespeare write and what are the categories into which Shakespeare's plays were divided?
William Shakespeare wrote 38 plays. They are divided into comedies, histories and tragedies. See the related question for a full list of his plays.
What can you do at the globe theatre?
watch plays and see where Shakespeare worked
What were the names of the six plays that William wrote?
Shakespeare wrote thirty-eight plays, not six. See the related question to see the thirty-six plays.
Why in Shakespeare's days may you see the words players exit?
Shakespeare wrote plays. And when you write plays you include directions to the actors. When to get off the stage is one such direction.
What was the reason Shakespeare wrote about tragedies?
People paid good money to see them performed, and still do.
