Because they were the only people to do it.
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William Shakespeare was an Elizabethan playwright.(baptised 26 April 1564, died 23 April 1616). He wrote plays during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (The virgin Queen). It would make sense that his patrons and his characters were all Elizabethans.
Actors. The performers in any play are called actors.
Hamlet is the most quoted Shakespeare play.
No, Shakespeare followed the Elizabethan structure of a FIVE act play. Almost all Elizabethan plays are divided into five acts, including Shakespeare's.
It depends on what plays you wish to consider with Macbeth. Macbeth, by the way was not an Elizabethan play: it was Jacobean.
Shakespeare wrote lots of plays not one of which was named "elizabethan age". The time he lived in was called the Elizabethan Age after Queen Elizabeth 1st.
Actors. The performers in any play are called actors.
Hamlet is the most quoted Shakespeare play.
Since the only people who are "in" a play are the characters and the actors, and since the characters do totally different things depending on which character they are and what play it is, you must mean the actors. What do actors do in Elizabethan plays? They act, of course. Same as any other play.
No, Shakespeare followed the Elizabethan structure of a FIVE act play. Almost all Elizabethan plays are divided into five acts, including Shakespeare's.
none, only men could be in plays during the time that Shakespeare was around.
Hamlet says it to himself in the play: The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke
No but it is one of the most famous plays written by shakespeare
People watching Shakespeare's plays would either be sitting or standing. If the people had extra money they could pay for the privilege of sitting during the play. The poorer people would have to stand in the theater pit to watch the play but there tickets were much cheaper.
It depends on what plays you wish to consider with Macbeth. Macbeth, by the way was not an Elizabethan play: it was Jacobean.
Shakespeare wrote lots of plays not one of which was named "elizabethan age". The time he lived in was called the Elizabethan Age after Queen Elizabeth 1st.
No, his play more tragic and full with suspension.
The meaning or insult 'Blinking idiot' comes from Shakespeares Play 'Merchant of Venice' Thankyou for looking up Shakespeares plays they are a great historian play!