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What was the name given to the audience members who stood in the yard around the stage of the Globe Theatre?
When I visited the reconstruction of the Globe theatre in London, I was told that they are referred to as Groundlings. I have also heard that the actors sometimes referred to them as 'Penny Stinkards', but I can't give a good source to confirm this.
What name was given to the people who watched Shakespeare's plays from the courtyard?
The lower classes of observers stood in the theatre pit. They paid 1 penny as an entrance fee, and because they stood in the lowest area, were called groundlings. A less favorable name that they were called was Stinkards.
Who were the groundlings in Shakespeare's day?
The Globe Theatre Groundlings stood in the Yard, or pit, to watch the plays being performed. This was the cheapest part of the theatre, there were no seats and the entrance price was 1d which was equivalent to about 10% of a day's wages. The members of the audience who stood in the pit were often referred to as 'Groundlings'. However, due to the hot summer days they were also referred to as 'Stinkards' - for obvious reasons. Many of the yard audiences were apprentices who worked in London. The Globe would have particularly attracted these young people and the were many complaints of apprentices avoiding work in order to go to the theatre - these apprentices would most certainly have been 'Groundlings'. The Groundlings would have watched the plays from the cramped conditions of the 'Yard' or 'Pit' which held up to 500 people. However, the average Elizabethans were much smaller than today's modern man - reducing our perception of the cramped area. Beneath their feet were the cobblestones covered with discarded nutshells and other garbage. Not a comfortable place to watch plays for up to three hours - the groundlings must have really loved the plays shown at the Globe.
What is a groundling?
The Globe Theatre Groundlings stood in the Yard, or pit, to watch the plays being performed. This was the cheapest part of the theatre, there were no seats and the entrance price was 1d which was equivalent to about 10% of a day's wages. The members of the audience who stood in the pit were often referred to as 'Groundlings'. However, due to the hot summer days they were also referred to as 'Stinkards' - for obvious reasons. Many of the yard audiences were apprentices who worked in London. The Globe would have particularly attracted these young people and the were many complaints of apprentices avoiding work in order to go to the theatre - these apprentices would most certainly have been 'Groundlings'. The Groundlings would have watched the plays from the cramped conditions of the 'Yard' or 'Pit' which held up to 500 people. However, the average Elizabethans were much smaller than today's modern man - reducing our perception of the cramped area. Beneath their feet were the cobblestones covered with discarded nutshells and other garbage. Not a comfortable place to watch plays for up to three hours - the groundlings must have really loved the plays shown at the Globe.
Why did people have to stand in the globe theatre?
People stood because they could not afford to buy tickets to the part of the theatre where there were seats. Instead they stood in "the pit" immediately in front of the stage and were called "groundlings" because they stood on the ground.
What was the name given to the audience members who stood in the yard around the stage of the Globe Theatre?
When I visited the reconstruction of the Globe theatre in London, I was told that they are referred to as Groundlings. I have also heard that the actors sometimes referred to them as 'Penny Stinkards', but I can't give a good source to confirm this.
What name was given to the people who watched Shakespeare's plays from the courtyard?
The lower classes of observers stood in the theatre pit. They paid 1 penny as an entrance fee, and because they stood in the lowest area, were called groundlings. A less favorable name that they were called was Stinkards.
Who was the saint who stood with Mary at the foot of the cross?
The saint who stood with Mary at the foot of the cross was St. John the Apostle. He is often referred to as "the disciple whom Jesus loved" and was entrusted by Jesus to care for his mother, Mary, as he died on the cross.
If a person is stood in the front of the ship it is more commonly referred to as what?
Like the bow of a ship?
Why are Longitudinal waves sometimes referred to as pressure waves?
because an elephant stood on it
What was meant by the letters HAM during World War 2?
During World War II male marines often referred to female marines as being BAMs which stood for BROAD ASSED MARINES. The female marines returned the favor by referring to male marines as HAMs which stood for HAIRY ASSED MARINES.
Did all the people in the courthouse stood when Atticus left?
no only the black people stood all the white people left.
Who were the groundlings in Shakespeare's day?
The Globe Theatre Groundlings stood in the Yard, or pit, to watch the plays being performed. This was the cheapest part of the theatre, there were no seats and the entrance price was 1d which was equivalent to about 10% of a day's wages. The members of the audience who stood in the pit were often referred to as 'Groundlings'. However, due to the hot summer days they were also referred to as 'Stinkards' - for obvious reasons. Many of the yard audiences were apprentices who worked in London. The Globe would have particularly attracted these young people and the were many complaints of apprentices avoiding work in order to go to the theatre - these apprentices would most certainly have been 'Groundlings'. The Groundlings would have watched the plays from the cramped conditions of the 'Yard' or 'Pit' which held up to 500 people. However, the average Elizabethans were much smaller than today's modern man - reducing our perception of the cramped area. Beneath their feet were the cobblestones covered with discarded nutshells and other garbage. Not a comfortable place to watch plays for up to three hours - the groundlings must have really loved the plays shown at the Globe.
What is a groundling?
The Globe Theatre Groundlings stood in the Yard, or pit, to watch the plays being performed. This was the cheapest part of the theatre, there were no seats and the entrance price was 1d which was equivalent to about 10% of a day's wages. The members of the audience who stood in the pit were often referred to as 'Groundlings'. However, due to the hot summer days they were also referred to as 'Stinkards' - for obvious reasons. Many of the yard audiences were apprentices who worked in London. The Globe would have particularly attracted these young people and the were many complaints of apprentices avoiding work in order to go to the theatre - these apprentices would most certainly have been 'Groundlings'. The Groundlings would have watched the plays from the cramped conditions of the 'Yard' or 'Pit' which held up to 500 people. However, the average Elizabethans were much smaller than today's modern man - reducing our perception of the cramped area. Beneath their feet were the cobblestones covered with discarded nutshells and other garbage. Not a comfortable place to watch plays for up to three hours - the groundlings must have really loved the plays shown at the Globe.
What was it like to go to the theatre in shakespeare times?
If you went to the public theatres like the Globe, it was incredibly crowded. It is believed that the original Globe could hold 3000 people, whereas the modern one holds half that at most, mostly because people were really crowded together. If you were a groundling, you were shoehorned in with a whole lot of other people, none of whom had bathed or brushed their teeth, standing for two hours without a break to pee even. And it was hot, with all those people jammed together. Thomas Dekker, one of Shakespeare's fellow playwrights, had this to say about the "stinkards" who stood in The Pit of theatres like the Globe, Red Bull and Fortune: "Their houses smoked every afternoon with stinkards who were so glued together in crowds with the steams of strong breath, that when they came forth, their faces looked as if they had been par-boiled."
How many people stood by while the genocide occurred?
alot of people stood by cause they were all scared of the bad ones
What were the four colors of the triangles during the Holocaust?
The color of 'star' made of fabric or paper given to the Jews in the Holocaust or Shoah were a golden yellow and are commonly referred to as a 'yellow star'. However, in the Lager or Concentration Camp of Dachau, prisoners of other backgrounds, crimes or stances were given different color badges to denote what they were there for. Gold/Yellow stood for the Jewish people Purple stood for Religious Offenders (fundamentalists) Green stood for Criminals Red stood for Political Prisoners Pink stood for Sexual Offenders, e.g. homosexuals, rapists, pedophiles etc Brown stood for Illegal Immigrants Dark Blue stood for 'Asocial ' Offenders: Behavior problems such as Mental Illness White stood for 'Special Treatment'. Those designated for 'special treatment' were doomed to torture and immense pain. Special treatment also referred to death or execution.
