Elizabethan theaters
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
ELIZABETHAN THEATRE
THE HISTORY OF THE ICONIC ELIZABETHAN THEATRES
STRUCTURE
- Large
- 4 stories tall
- All rooms faced balconies
- Easy acess from street
- Octagonal shape
THEATRE LAYOUT
- Similar to coliseum
- The pit-Stage projected halfway into where audience stood
- The galleries-three levels with wooden benches,bigger ones towards the back,
- No toilet facilities nor lighting or heating
- Stage was 5 feet high,45 foot wide and 15 feet long
AUDIENCE
- The public would pay 1 penny to stand in the pit
- Gentry would pay to sit in galleries on cushions
- Rich nobles would watch from a chair set on the side of the stage
- One of only occasions rich and poor would come together
- Queen Elizabeth was a frequent visitor
ACTORS
- During the Elizabethan era only men could act
- Young boys were hired for female roles
- The make up used was highly poisonous
- Clothing was of the highest quality
- Acting style was dramatic
PLAYS
- All were over exaggerated and dramatic
- Many are still shown today
- Most famous play writer is William shakespeare
EXAMPLES OF ELIZABETHAN THEATRES
- The globe theatre
- The bell theatre
- The Georg inn theatre
- The bulls ring
- The red bull Theatre
