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Theatre in the Elizabethan Age
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- early 16th century first professional playing companies
-consisting mostly of carnies and unemployed
->was seen as an easy way to earn money
-patronage system
-nearly no theatres in small cities
->some Playing Companies had performances at public places
-distinction is drawn between:
public playhouses
and
private playhouses
Playing Companies
Original Globe Theatre
William Shakespeare
-one of the most important
poets of world literature
-English dramatist, poet and
actor
-house poet of The Globe
-built 1599 in Bankside,London
->William Shakespeare
-most successful theatre
-destroyed by fire in 1613
-1614 built again
-closed and destroyed 1642 by the puritan government
The Globe
Patronage System
-Support, financial aid or privilege given by a rich man e.g. king for a group
Shakespeare's Globe
-American actor Sam Wanamaker had 1949 the idea to build The Globe again
-1997 Shakespeare's Globe opened
-Shakespeare plays performed every summer
-same structure as the original
Theatre in the Elizabethan Age - The Elizabethan Theatre
Structure
I. Historical Background
II. Playing Companies
III. Structure Of A Theatre
IV. The Globe
Historical Backround
Structure Of A Theatre
-period of prosperity 1575-1625
-named after Queen Elizabeth I.
-theatre gained in importance
-professional actors
-seeds in the popular theatre (14th/15th century)
public playhouses
-ground plot was round
-wooden structure
-tiring-house (storeroom,changing room)
-open courtyard in the middle
->housed the groundlings (lower class)
-wooden rectangular stage
->up to 4 trapdoors
-upper stage
-lord rooms (boxes for the nobility)
private playhouses
-stage surrounded by 3 sides with audience
-lateral: lord boxes
-higher admission price
->wealthier audience
-max. round about 800 viewer
Creative Task