Elizabethan Theatre History
Globe Theatre
The Globe theatre is a place where Shakespeare worked and wrote in, it is is located in London and continued staging plays until 1644, the first play to be preformed there was Julius Caesar. Mostly only Shakespearean plays we're preformed there. Historians call this era "the golden age"
PIT
it is at the base of the theatre and for a penny people that were called grondlings would stand to watch the show.
HEAVENS
What represented as clouds was symbolic for the actors because it casted a large shadow over the audience, also gave actors the actors a shelter to change for bad weather
TIRING HOUSE
the tiring house, is a place backstage where they would change there appearance
MUSICIANS GALLERY
musicians gallery is the 2nd floor of the theatre the people who would sit there were "gentry" social class these were the gentlemans and gentlewomen who did not work with their hands. They were very important solid citizens.
SCENERY HUT
small house with scenery set
in Shakespearean day typically men would take the role as females. Women actually were not allowed to act on the Globe Theatre till the 1600s because they did not consider it a credible profession.
Men had to play women roles with a high pitch voice to make the audience believe they were female. Actors who preformed at The Globe got paid two shillings which is about 2.57 in the US.
Religion
No one really knows much about Shakespeare's personal life, so we do not know what religion he practiced. However most of Shakespeare's audiences were familiar with the bible and Christianity.
Religion
He did in fact refer to politics and religion in his play called the Twelfth Night, the character Malvolio made fun of the Puritan life style. The most common religion during this era was Catholic, Protestant. Protestant originated from Christianity and is still practiced today mostly in European country's
Blank verse
Most often associated with Shakespeare rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables, and there is no rhyme.
Humour
The quality of being amusing or comic
Sanguine
Air and blood
Choleric
Bad tempered; or irritable
Christopher Marlowe
he was playwright, poet, and a translator. He was far most the tragedian of the Elizabethan era. He also was the one who introduced Blank Verse
Ben Johnson
He was a playwright, poet actor, and literary critic. He popularized stage comedy
William Shakespeare
An English poet, playwright, and actor. Regarded as the "greatest writer in the English language. he was the greatest dramatist