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Queen Elizabeth I

Elizabeth I

- born September 7, 1533, Greenwich, near London, England;

- bynames the Virgin Queen and Good Queen Bess;

- thorne 25 years;

- England's golden age (1558-1603);

- 1587 Mary execution;

- 1588 Spanish Army;

- died 24 March 1603.

Elizabethan theatre

It is called Elizabethan because Elizabeth I was the English monarch during the first part of Shakespeare’s career. Is the most important phenomenon cultural of Renaissance England.

Elizabethan theatre

The structure

The structure

The structure of these theatres was almost circular. The roof only covered the perimeter.

The stage

The typical Elizabethan stage was a platform, as large as 40 feet square, sticking out into the middle of the yard so that the spectators nearly surrounded it. It was raised four to six feet and was sheltered by a roof, called “the shadow” or “the heavens.” In most theatres the stage roof, supported by two pillars set midway at the sides of the stage.

The stage

Actors

young men and boys, young people played the female roles because the women were forbidden to recite.

Actors

Costumes

very elaborate, they had to describe the characteristics of the personage.

Costumes

Curiosity

The shows took place during the day. Outside a flag was raised :

- white for comedies ;

- red for historical works;

- black for the tragedies.

Curiosity

Instead set paintings you recited references of time and place. The columns could represent the trees, for duels they had armor, Blunt swords, prop blood, music and sound effects. The gallery on stage was a stutterer...

Scenography

Scenography

How to see the play

Above the galleries the spectators could sit for 2 pence. The 'Groundlings" were standing, they were the spectators who had paid only 1 cent, they had no roof over their heads and were therefore exposed to the weather.

How to see the play

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Spectators in the audience could talk, eat and comment aloud what they saw.

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Globe Theatre

The original theatre was built in 1599 to house the company of William Shakespeare. Many of Shakespeare’s plays were created to be performed in the Globe, which became one of London’s most famous theatres.

Globe Theatre

The story

In 1613 a show was tragically interrupted by the fire of the roof, which completely destroyed the theater.

A new theatre was built, which was used as the seat of the Shakespeare company until 1642, when all the theatres in the city were closed by the English Puritan Administration. As unused, in 1644 it was demolished.

The story

Sam Wanamaker

In 1949, the actor, director and producer Sam Wanamaker, during a trip to London, noted with great disappointment that there was only a commemorative plaque dedicated to Shakespeare in the place where the old theatre once stood.

In 1970, Wanamaker began to pool funds for the faithful reconstruction of theatrical space, which was only completed in 1997, after the director's death.

Sam Wanamaker

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Difference with Modern Theatre

Modern Theatre

-the Elizabethan theatre was cheaper than the current theatre,

considering the prices of theatre tickets nowadays, which are

very high;

- the Elizabethan theatre was a type of open-air theatre, while the

most of the current theaters are indoor, except some

types that today are built outdoors to recall their own

the idea of Elizabethan theatre;

William Shakespeare

Playwright

- born on 23 April 1564;

- in 1582 married Anne Hathaway;

- three children;

- from 1585 to 1592 ''Lost years";

- 1592-1594 theatres closed (plague epidemic);

- work for The Lord Chamberlain's Men;

- 1595 wrote "Romeo and Juliet";

- 1596 wrote "The Merchant of Venice";

- 1599 owner of the Globe Theatre;

- died in 1616.

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