Globe Thestre Flashcards
When and where did Shakespeare move from Stratford to
London in the late 1580s
Why did he move to London
Because there were no play houses in Stratford
When was the first playhouse in London built and what was it called
1567 and it was called the “theatre”
How did the theater in London get its name “theater”
It invoked the amphitheaters of Ancient Greece and rome
How did he make a name for himself
Making two book length poems, “Venus and Adonis” and “the rape of lucrece”
What company did Shakespeare join and form
The lord chamberlains men
Where did the lord chamberlains men preform and why
At the theater. An acted of the men is also co owner and manager of the theater so it made sense to preform there
When did the theater close and why
The land owner refused to renew Richard Burbages lease so the theater closed and no more preforming for the men
Where did his company preform after the theater closed
Nearby playhouse called the curtain
Did this theater make them gain or lose money
Lose
What strategies did the company take to overcome losing money
Selling four of thier most popular books to a printer who published them in cheap paperback editions called quartos
The men sold four books but only three are named, what were they?
Richard III, Henry IV, loves labors lost
What were the members of the company worried would happen
That they would have to sell costumes and disband the company all together
What bad thing did the company do to the theater and when
They dismantled it on a snowy night in 1598
How did they dismantle the theater
Posted guards around, about a dozen workmen gathered with swords and lanterns and began taking it apart and putting the timber wood in wagons
What river did the wagons with the theater wood cross over
Thames river
Where did they decided to start building a new theater
Near the Rose Theater in Southwark
Who was the carpenter who constructed a new playhouse
Peter Streete
What did the chamberlains men call the new built playhouse
The globe
Why did they call it the globe
Earth was just proved round (globe) and the name implied that the plays in this theater would focus on a diverse range of people living all over the world. It also framed the actors as ordinary humans preforming daily tasks. The name may have also caused people to reflect upon there everyday tasks
What did the globe look like
A many sided polygon that almost looked like a sphere.
True or false: the pit where the groundlings stood was open to the sky
True
What time of day were the plays preformed
Afternoon
Deceive the stage
A large platform stage, about five feet high, it extended into the Center of the pit, it created an intamate relationship to the audience and actors
What experiment was perfect for Shakespeare to use with the new venue
Soliloquy
What plays is soliloquy prominent in
Julia’s ceaser, hamlet, Macbeth, king Lear
Who were the okay at the globe theater preformed for
Educated elites but also masses of ordinary people
How much did tickets for the globe cost
1 penny = stand in the uncovered yard.
2 Pennie’s= one seat on bench in upper balcony (sun+rain protection)
6 Pennie’s/a days pay for a skilled artisan= could sit in a private room near stage
What was the first play that Shakespeare company produced at the globe
Julia’s Caesar
When did the chamberlains men begin to preform Julia’s Caesar
September 21, 1599
After six months of the globe, what did there rival do
Rose theater packed up and moved across the river to a new theater called the fortune
What happened to the globe in 1613
During a performance of Henry VIII, a prop canon started a fire on the roof of the globe theater. It burned to the ground in 2 hours but no one died.
Did they rebuild the globe after the fire? When? What changes did they make?
They rebuilt one year later with a tile roof
The second globe theater closed: when? Why?
1642, all London theaters closed by parliamentary decree. Shortly after it closed, the globe was demolished
