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3. Popular Entertainment Flashcards

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

A

more leisure time
afford to participate
for entertainment

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The rich enjoyed …….

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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

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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 …… to …… and also for ….
Hunting took place both ……. and great …… were arranged

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deer parks
hunt deer for sport
food
on foot and horseback
hunt picnics

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

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

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Dancing
Enjoyed by …….

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the queen and popular among all classes

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

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foreign tunes
gavotte
slow paven

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8
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Lower classes enjoyed ………

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traditional country dances

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9
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……. was a home entertainment and many people ….. at least ….. like …….

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

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10
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Ball games: …… emerged in Tudor times and was popular among the …… and ……. were popular among all classes

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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 …….

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lower classes
finding entertainment

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12
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Towns would often be visited by …….. with …….

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travelling fairs
puppet shows, conjurors and trained animals and hawkers

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13
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Wandering bands of players were also ….. and …….

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welcome entertainment
performed short plays

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

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Football
Roughest ball game

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In football there were ……

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few rules, no proper goals or limits on team members

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16
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The winning football team ……. which could be a mile away

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

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kicked the ball across the opposite finishing line
likely
death

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17
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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 ……

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

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18
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Cruel sports entertained …..

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All

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19
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Many towns had ……

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arenas

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20
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Bear-baiting shows were ……

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Added to Elizabeth’s royal progress agenda

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21
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Elizabeth overruled a ….. attempt by MP’s to …..

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1585
ban cruel sport

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Bears were ……. and dogs were ……….

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chained by the neck
released to attack and anger the bear

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23
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Bets were placed on …….

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which dog would survive the longest before the bear killed it

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24
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Sometimes, the bear was …… and 5 or 6 men …..

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blindfolded
whipped it

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25
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Bull baiting was ….. due to ……

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more common in England and Wales
difficulty of obtaining bears

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

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

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27
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Trained ……. were release one at a time to …..

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bulldogs
attack the bull

28
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The contest lasted ….. and bets were placed on the ……

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One hour
baiting match

29
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Cock fighting
a fight between …… but sometimes up to …… to fight to the death
…… were placed

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2 birds
20 were added into the ring
Bets

30
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Bands of strolling players became ……

But there was ……. that they could …..

A

Popular
a fear from authorities
incite riots

31
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Bands of strolling players were also perceived as ……

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Wandering vagabonds

32
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A …….. law banned strolling players unless …..

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1572
they had a license

33
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Theatre companies were set up with …….. from nobility

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Financial support and patronage

34
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Examples of theatre companies include: T…Q…M… in …… and T…..L…..C….M….. in ……

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

35
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Theatre companies …. And also performed for the …..

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toured the country
queen and court

36
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Theatre companies …….. so permanent theatres were ……..

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grew in popularity
built to house them

37
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In ……. ‘The Theatre’ was built in London by ….. as the first …….

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1576
James Burbage
purpose built theatre since Roman times

38
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The Rose opened in …… then the Swan in …… and the famous ……. in ……

A

1587
1596
The Globe
1599

39
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The Globe ……

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Premiered most of Shakespeares plays

40
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Puritans …….. of theatre and authorities were concerned over …..

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Opposed of the sinfulness
Public heath, law and order

41
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For theatre, weekly audience figures ……

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grew into the thousands

42
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theatres were…….

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Round or octagonal

43
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…… in the center with a ……

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Open space
Raised stage

44
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External was …….

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Plain in colour and design

45
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Internal was …..

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Colourful, especially the stage

46
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Actors on stage were protected …….

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From the wet weather by a roof

47
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…….. that looked like marble decorated the stage

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Finely painted panelling and oak pillars

48
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The theatre resembled the …….
….. was beneath the stage and …… from the trap door
The canopy above the stage …… and was painted with …..

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

49
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Plays were performed in the …….

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Afternoon for light purposes

50
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A flag was flown or a …….. to inform passers-by that ……

A

cannon fired
the play was about to begin

51
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Ticket prices were …..

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Cheap for the poor to stand in the roofless central pit

52
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Tickets cost a little more for …….

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The sheltered seats

53
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Professional actors were ……. who could …….. and take on ……..

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

54
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The best actors included ……..

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

55
Q

Playwrights responded …….

A

To the audience demands

56
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Shakespeare wrote at least …… varying from ……..

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37 plays
comedies and historical dramas to tragedies

57
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……. was another great writer who was famous for the tragedy style such as ……

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Christopher Marlowe
Doctor Faustus

58
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Theatre was …….. and attracted …….

A

cheap and popular
all classes

59
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Elizabeth became a ……..

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patron of the theatre

60
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Plays were popular for their …….

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gripping storylines, tales of heroism and good triumphing over evil

61
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Plays were used as ………. too

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Propaganda

62
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…….. showed Catholic Spanish soldiers …….. in the Netherlands

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Alarum for London
killing innocent Protestants

63
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Shakespeare promoted ……….

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obedience and loyalty to the queen

64
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Authorities …….. as it attracted …… and the spreading of …… in large crowds

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opposed theatre
beggars and pickpockets
diseases

65
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The Puritans considered …….. as plays …….
They saw actors as ……

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

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