The groundlings were people who paid for standing room tickets which entitled them to stand on the floor and watch the play. At the Globe these cost a penny.
The standees were called groundlings.
They were called "groundlings."
Barely and we will never know the full cost
Poor people. As in "And didst thou not, when was gone down stairs, desire me to be no more so familiarity such poor people," from Henry IV Part II or "As you wish Christian peace to souls departed, Stand these poor people's friend, and urge the king To do me this last right." from Henry VIII or "Look, how the world's poor people are amazed At apparitions, signs and prodigies" from Venus and Adonis.
in Elizabethan theater, an audience member who was usually standing in the cheap section. commoners paid one penny for a seat in Elizabethan theater, an audience member who was usually standing in the cheap section. commoners paid one penny for a seat
The standees were called groundlings.
1d (one penny) 1d (one penny)
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.
They were called "groundlings."
Barely and we will never know the full cost
Poor people. As in "And didst thou not, when was gone down stairs, desire me to be no more so familiarity such poor people," from Henry IV Part II or "As you wish Christian peace to souls departed, Stand these poor people's friend, and urge the king To do me this last right." from Henry VIII or "Look, how the world's poor people are amazed At apparitions, signs and prodigies" from Venus and Adonis.
Shakespeare's father was forced to pay a fine for creating a midden right next to a neighbors house
It only cost them a penny per show.
in Elizabethan theater, an audience member who was usually standing in the cheap section. commoners paid one penny for a seat in Elizabethan theater, an audience member who was usually standing in the cheap section. commoners paid one penny for a seat
People of all classes could go and see Shakespeare plays. Poor people couls pay just 1 penny and would stand on the ground throughout the entire play and was known as 'groundlings' or 'penny stinkers'. Middle class could pay 2 pennies and they would sit on covered benches, and rich people could pay 3 pennie's and would sit on higher tiers, or to the side by the 'lord chambers'.
$100,000 dollars to pay off aloan if you miss a day
Globe audience's paid one penny