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9) Theatre in Elizabethan England - Coggle Diagram
9) Theatre in Elizabethan England
Writers, actors, and theatre troupes
Elizabethan playwrights
Male actors
Stars of the theatre - Burbage
Troupes, patronage and the Lord Chamberlains men (Burbage and Shakespeare)
Labels in the theatre
The galleries - covered areas for the rich
Roof covering the stage called the heavens
Lord's room - the most expensive seat often called the Juliet balcony
Tiring room, where actors put on theire attire
The Pit - where ordinary people stood, often heckling, open to the elements
Stage - often contained a trap door
Gentlemen's room/balcony
A day at the theatre
1) perfomances began @ 3;30
2) the ticket price were dependant on
3) it was a cheap afternoon for the poor and an opportunity for the rich to show how cultured they were
4) the same play was always shown
Why was the theatre popular?
It was affordable
It was new and exciting
It was a social event
It was entertaining - comedy, tragedy, history
It was contemporary/satirical/political
Opposition to the theatre
Puritans saw theatre going as a distraction from prayer
Some saw it as sinful
There was concerns that large gatherings would spread disease
Theatre would attract drunks, criminals and immoral behaviour
The theatre
The Elizabethan period saw a major change in how theatre worked, with the building of the first permanent theatres
Both rich and poor now attended performances, where as previously theatre had been seen as something for ordinary people, usually performed in the back of an inn