"Groundlings" is the name given to people who bought the one-penny standing room tickets at the big public theatres. They are called that because they stood on the ground.
The groundlings were the people who bought standing room tickets.
Shakespeare's plays were attended by the super rich and the upper middle class. Lower classes attended the plays for a penny and were allowed to stand outside the grounds of the outdoor play. They were called groundlings.
His plays were very popular when he was alive and were performed at the Globe Thaetre. People sat through the plays in the open air for round about 5 hours. The groundlings (poor people) use to stand on the ground watching his plays.
They were called "groundlings."
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The groundlings were the people who bought standing room tickets.
Shakespeare's plays were attended by the super rich and the upper middle class. Lower classes attended the plays for a penny and were allowed to stand outside the grounds of the outdoor play. They were called groundlings.
His plays were very popular when he was alive and were performed at the Globe Thaetre. People sat through the plays in the open air for round about 5 hours. The groundlings (poor people) use to stand on the ground watching his plays.
They were called "groundlings."
The groundlings. They also get the closest view of the action, and get spit on by the actors.
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Groundlings paid one penny, the gallery seats were three pence, and the Lords Rooms (as they were called) were five pence.
Groundlings.
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they were farmers or blacksmiths that had to stand or sit on the ground to watch the plays
They were called groundlings