How much did it cost to go and see a Shakespeare play?

Answer 1

It was a penny to see a play by Shakespeare at the Globe Theatre in London. Upon entering the theatre, the public would place a penny in a box by the door - this gave rise to the term "Box Office"

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Answer 2

This question could have a lot of answers depending on 1) When you are talking about, 2) What theatre you are talking about, and 3) What kind of seats you are talking about.

Theatres during Shakespeare's lifetime at which his plays were performed included the Globe, with admission prices of one, two or three pence depending on the seat, and the more exclusive and expensive Blackfriars with admission of 6p and up.

Tickets at the Modern Globe in London run from five pounds for a groundling ticket to over thirty-seven pounds in the stalls.

Answer 3

It depended on the theatre. The cheapest tickets for the Globe were for standees and cost one penny. If you wanted to sit you had to pay tuppence or thruppence. Seats at the Blackfriars were much more exclusive; if you wanted to watch a Shakespeare play there, the cheapest seat would cost sixpence.

Depending on the theatre and whether you wanted to sit or stand it could cost as little as a penny and as much as sixpence. It cost around about a hundred dollars in nowadays American money.
Ticket prices for all Elizabethan plays in the outdoor theatres were the same no matter who the playwright was: one penny in the pit, two in the stalls and three above the stage.

However, ticket prices at the indoor theatres like the Blackfriars, where Shakespeare's plays among others were performed, were considerably higher, sometimes costing sixpence a seat. This was because the theatre could only seat a smaller audience so they needed to jack the prices.
It depended on what kind of seat you wanted. If you wanted a seat, it cost two pennies (twopence). If you wanted a cushion, it cost fourpence. If you wanted to sit in the Lord's room, which contained the best seat in the house, it cost sixpence. If, however, you were too poor to afford a seat, you could stand in front of the stage. That cost onepence.

Answer 4

It depends on when you are talking about, what seat you wanted and at what theatre. To get into the Globe in the early seventeenth century cost one to three pence, depending on whether you wanted a seat or not. The Blackfriars, at about the same time, was more expensive, and might cost you sixpence. David Garrick's Celebration of the bicentenary of Shakespeare's birth in 1769 sold tickets for one guinea as did the tercentenary performances of 1863. To attend a performance by Henry Irving at the Lyceum in 1896 would cost you one shilling for the gallery seats, 2s. 6d. for the seats on the floor and lower floor, 4s for the upper circle, 7s for the dress circle, 10s. 6d. for the stalls and two to four guineas for a private box.

In the three hundred years between the opening of the first Globe and Irving's production, the cost of the cheapest seat increased by only twelve times ( a shilling was worth 12 pence). In the ensuing hundred years since the cost of the cheapest seat in the new Shakespeare's Globe Theatre is about a hundred times the cost of the cheapest seat at the Lyceum.

Answer 5

It depends when and where. But if you mean at an outdoor theatre while Shakespeare was acting, the admission was one penny for standing room, two pence for a seat on the side and an extra penny if you wanted a cushion.

Answer 6

In order to see Shakespeare's plays in the Globe Theatre, patrons would pay one penny. While watching, they would stand in the yard, and most of the guests were richer than average.

Answer 7

A penny or more depending on where or whether you wanted to sit, and on what theatre you were watching the play at.

Answer 8

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