Why were Shakespeare's plays performed at 3pm?

Answer 1

In Shakespeare's time, the plays were often performed in daytime because there was no electricity, so if the plays had been performed at night it would have been too dark to see the play. Some of the theatres (including the Blackfriars which Shakepeare had a leg of) were indoors and were lit by candles. The indoor theatres could have performances at night or in winter when it was too dark to use the outdoor ones.

Answer 2

Not all of them were performed at that time, but the ones at the Globe and other open air theatres were because they used natural light to light the stage which was at its best in the late afternoon.

Answer 3

In the outdoor theatres all of the stage lighting was natural sunlight. They put the plays on in the afternoon because that is when the sun shone on the stage. In the morning the light would be shining right in the audience's eyes.

The indoor theatres could have performances any time, because the stage was lit by candlelight.

Answer 4

because at that timeof day the sun was shining in the right direction so the people could Dee his plays

Answer 5

Light. There was daylight and it was at the right angle to illuminate the actors' faces.

Answer 6

They didn't have powerful enough lighting to illuminate a dark theatre, so plays had to go on in daylight, and outdoors.