the elizabethan theatre

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  • why is it called "elizabethan theatre"? she was the monarch for the first period of Shakespeare's career
  • when were shakespeare's plays first performed? 1589-1613
  • what was it that separated London from Southwark? the river Thames
  • how did people get to Southwark from London? by bridge or boat
  • why didn't London's laws apply to Southwark? it wasn't included in London's legal boundaries
  • why did people go to southwark? to do things they weren't able to do in London
  • what things could people do in Southwark but not in London? gambling, prostitution, cock fighting
  • what status did theatre have in Shakespeare's days? it was illegal and considered common and crude
  • what art form did the nobility prefer? poetry recitations
  • why were the London theatres closed in 1596? bubonic plauge and puritan's dislike
  • what was shakespeare's theatre called? the globe
  • when did the productions take place and why? in the afternoon, they had to rely on natural light
  • in which play would they have used the rope and pulley to hoist an actor into the air? the tempest
  • why did they have at least one trapdoor in the floor of the stage? so the actors could "disappear"
  • what did they have instead of painted sets at the back of the stage? tapestry
  • what props did they use for battle scenes? cannon, armor, stage blood, music, sound effects
  • how were the plays advertised? they raised a colored flag
  • what sort of play did a white flag mean? comedy
  • what sort of play did a red flag mean? history
  • what sort of play did a black flag mean? tragedy
  • how much did the upper and middle class audience pay? 2-6 pence
  • how much did the poorer people pay? 1 penny
  • what were the poorer audience members called? groundlings
  • what did the vendors sell? cider, oranges, beer, roasted hazelnuts
  • how did Shakespeare stop the groundlings from getting restless with all the long stretches of talking? sword fights, a comical buffoon, dirty jokes
  • who played the female roles? adolescent boys
  • how did they play the female roles? makeup, masks, high heels
  • why did some middle or upper class women sometimes wear masks to the theatre? so that they wouldn't be recognized and judged
  • why does the narrator believe there was little or no kissing in Shakespeare's plays? the love scenes were too verbal

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