3. Popular Entertainment Flashcards by Olivia Rapley-Smith

The rich had …… than the other classes and could ….. in a range of activities …….

more leisure time
afford to participate
for entertainment

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The rich enjoyed …….

feasts, jousts and large banquets

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Hawking: …..
a …… would sit on a trainers arm with a blind cap on
when the cap was removed, the bird would ……
it wore a …… as a tracking device

very popular
a falcon or hawk
fly off to kill prey and return
bell around its ankle

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Hunting
the nobility had their own deer parks to …… and also for ….
Hunting took place both ……. and great …… were arranged

hunt deer for sport
food
on foot and horseback
hunt picnics

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Archery
men over ….. expected ……
They practised with …..

age of 24
to practise after church on a Sunday
the long bow and crossbow

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Dancing
Enjoyed by …….

the queen and popular among all classes

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The rich paid musicians to play …… including the …… and the ……..

foreign tunes
gavotte
slow paven

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Lower classes enjoyed ………

traditional country dances

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……. was a home entertainment and many people ….. at least ….. like …….

Music and singing
learnt to play
one instrument
the recorder, lute or the viol

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Ball games: …… emerged in Tudor times and was popular among the …… and ……. were popular among all classes

tennis
upper classes
bowls and skittles

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Life was hard for the ……. so the little time they had off, they were keen to spend …….

lower classes
finding entertainment

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Towns would often be visited by …….. with …….

travelling fairs
puppet shows, conjurors and trained animals and hawkers

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Wandering bands of players were also ….. and …….

welcome entertainment
performed short plays

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…… was one of the more popular forms of sport entertainment and the ………

Football
Roughest ball game

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In football there were ……

few rules, no proper goals or limits on team members

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The winning football team ……. which could be a mile away

Injuries were ….. and caused the occasional …..

kicked the ball across the opposite finishing line
likely
death

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Wandering bands …..
……. watched their performances
They set up stage in a ….. to …..
Common themes include the adventures of Robin Hood where the ……

toured the country
townsfolk, farmers, tradesman and families
courtyard or market square
attract audiences
poor triumphed over the rich

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Cruel sports entertained …..

All

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Many towns had ……

arenas

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Bear-baiting shows were ……

Added to Elizabeth’s royal progress agenda

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Elizabeth overruled a ….. attempt by MP’s to …..

1585
ban cruel sport

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Bears were ……. and dogs were ……….

chained by the neck
released to attack and anger the bear

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Bets were placed on …….

which dog would survive the longest before the bear killed it

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Sometimes, the bear was …… and 5 or 6 men …..

blindfolded
whipped it

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Bull baiting was ….. due to ……

more common in England and Wales difficulty of obtaining bears

Bull-baiting: A bull was ……. and the other end tied to a …..

tied with rope around its horns stake in centre of the ring

Trained ……. were release one at a time to …..

bulldogs attack the bull

The contest lasted ….. and bets were placed on the ……

One hour baiting match

Cock fighting a fight between …… but sometimes up to …… to fight to the death …… were placed

2 birds 20 were added into the ring Bets

Bands of strolling players became …… But there was ……. that they could …..

Popular a fear from authorities incite riots

Bands of strolling players were also perceived as ……

Wandering vagabonds

A …….. law banned strolling players unless …..

1572 they had a license

Theatre companies were set up with …….. from nobility

Financial support and patronage

Examples of theatre companies include: T…Q…M… in …… and T…..L…..C….M….. in ……

The Queen’s Men in 1583 The Lord Chamberlain’s Men in 1594

Theatre companies …. And also performed for the …..

toured the country queen and court

Theatre companies …….. so permanent theatres were ……..

grew in popularity built to house them

In ……. ‘The Theatre’ was built in London by ….. as the first …….

1576 James Burbage purpose built theatre since Roman times

The Rose opened in …… then the Swan in …… and the famous ……. in ……

1587 1596 The Globe 1599

The Globe ……

Premiered most of Shakespeares plays

Puritans …….. of theatre and authorities were concerned over …..

Opposed of the sinfulness Public heath, law and order

For theatre, weekly audience figures ……

grew into the thousands

theatres were…….

Round or octagonal

…… in the center with a ……

Open space Raised stage

External was …….

Plain in colour and design

Internal was …..

Colourful, especially the stage

Actors on stage were protected …….

From the wet weather by a roof

…….. that looked like marble decorated the stage

Finely painted panelling and oak pillars

The theatre resembled the ……. ….. was beneath the stage and …… from the trap door The canopy above the stage …… and was painted with …..

Universe Hell Devils emerged Represented heaven Stars, the sun and the moon

Plays were performed in the …….

Afternoon for light purposes

A flag was flown or a …….. to inform passers-by that ……

cannon fired the play was about to begin

Ticket prices were …..

Cheap for the poor to stand in the roofless central pit

Tickets cost a little more for …….

The sheltered seats

Professional actors were ……. who could …….. and take on ……..

Man and boys Sing, dance, play an instrument Various different roles including female roles

The best actors included ……..

Richard Burbage (son of theatre builder James) Edward Alleyn Thomas Pope

Playwrights responded …….

To the audience demands

Shakespeare wrote at least …… varying from ……..

37 plays comedies and historical dramas to tragedies

……. was another great writer who was famous for the tragedy style such as ……

Christopher Marlowe Doctor Faustus

Theatre was …….. and attracted …….

cheap and popular all classes

Elizabeth became a ……..

patron of the theatre

Plays were popular for their …….

gripping storylines, tales of heroism and good triumphing over evil

Plays were used as ………. too

Propaganda

…….. showed Catholic Spanish soldiers …….. in the Netherlands

Alarum for London killing innocent Protestants

Shakespeare promoted ……….

obedience and loyalty to the queen

Authorities …….. as it attracted …… and the spreading of …… in large crowds

opposed theatre beggars and pickpockets diseases

The Puritans considered …….. as plays ……. They saw actors as ……

theatre the work of the devil lacked morals and decency and contained rude gestures half-lawless villains