Elizabethan Theatres

Question 1

Why were city authorities unhappy with public gathering? Give their ‘reason’ and then give the real reason.

Answer 1

-fake; They feared that the plague would spread
- real reason: they feared the spreading of immoral ideas.

Question 2

Some players went beyond the cities boundaries by building the first theatre…In what year and by who (the main leader) was the first theatre called ‘The Theatre’ erected?

Answer 2

1956 and it was led by james burbage.

Question 3

What happened a few years later to “the theatre”?

Answer 3

It was later pulled down by the Burbage sons.

Question 4

Once ‘the theatre’ was pulled down by the burbage sons, what did they use the wood from that building for?

Answer 4

They used it to build the GLOBE theatre.

Question 5

What idea did the burbages come up with regarding the Globe?

Answer 5

Idea of CO-OWNING.
- 5 sharers invested (one of which was Shakespeare)

Question 6

Explain briefly about how the onstage looked and how it all worked.

Answer 6

• limited scenery was used with exciting special effects.

Question 7

Yes, there was limited scenery onstage but what special effects were used?

Answer 7

Special affects were used LIKE;
- lowering the gods and angels from the ‘heavens’ above.
- the entrance of devils, ghosts and witches from the TRAPDOOR in the stage floor.

Question 8

ONSTAGE.

What did the musicians provide and where would they sit?

Answer 8

Provided music and sound and were sometimes seated in the upper gallery above the stage.