Shakespeare wrote his plays to appeal to a broad spectrum of people, from apprentices and workers, through the middle class to the lesser nobility. The theatres were large enough to hold thousands so they needed broad appeal. The upper class and royalty watched the plays at court. The only people who did not attend the plays were the Puritans who looked at theatre as the work of the devil.
The groundlings were the people who bought standing room tickets.
Actors. Before 1660, only actors and no actresses performed in the plays.
The audience
No
Actors. The performers in any play are called actors.
The rich were the ones who saw his plays.
Shakespeare did...
Many thousands of people have taken part in Shakespeare's plays.
The groundlings were the people who bought standing room tickets.
the queen loved shakespeares plays alot and many people did and still do
Actors. Before 1660, only actors and no actresses performed in the plays.
The audience
No
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Actors. The performers in any play are called actors.
When people paid their admission, they paid their money into a box. Hence, box office.
Many people believed in the supernatural. Shakespeare reflects this in some of the scenes in his plays.