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Popular Entertainment Flashcards

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True or false, entertainment reinforced and enhanced social structure

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True

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True or false, both the rich and the poor attended the theatre

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True (however in different sections)

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Why were strolling players banned from touring the country in 1572 (this was the early form of theatre as they would stop in towns to perform their plays to audiences)

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Authorities feared it would encourage people to rebel like in Robin Hood (a common play) where the rich stole from the poor

Feared large crowds would help spread diseases like the plague

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What year were strolling players banned (unless they had a license)

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1572

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Examples of theatre companies set up with financial support and patronage from wealthy nobles (once strolling players had been banned)

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The Queen’s Men (1583)
The Lord Chamberlains’ Men (1594)

They toured the country with their ‘license’ and performed for the Queen and Royal Court

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What was the first theatre built and what year

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1576- ‘The Theatre’

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True or false, by 1595 thousands of people attended the theatre every week in London

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True

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8
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The first plays were performed by Bands of…

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Strolling Players

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9
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Examples of theatres

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The Theatre
The Globe
The Swan

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10
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Which key group of people opposed the theatre

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Puritans

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Shape of theatres

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Round/ octagonal

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One key playwright during Elizabeth’s reign

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Shakespeare- many of his plays premiered at ‘The Globe’ which opened 1559

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One key actor during Elizabeth’s reign

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Thomas Pope

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Why did the authorities oppose the theatre

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Attracted beggars and pickpocketers
+ caused large spread of diseases

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Why did Puritans oppose the theatre

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Considered it ‘the work of the devil’
+ wasn’t written in the bible

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16
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Which entertainment was enjoyed by all classes

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Theatre
Dancing
Cruel sports

17
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How was rich entertainment different to the poor

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Hawking, hunting and archery
All other entertainment (dancing, theatre, cruel sports) poor also enjoyed however on different level e.g poor had to stand in uncovered section

18
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What was a common theme of plays that Bands of Strolling players perfomed

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Robin Hood
However authorities didn’t like this as it encouraged the rich to steal from the poor

19
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True or false, Elizabeth attended the theatre

A

True
She loved the theatre, especially Shakespeare’s plays

20
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Puritans considered the theatre to be the ‘work of the…’

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Devil

21
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What was bear/ bull baiting

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Bear/ bull chained to stake in middle of arena
Pack of dogs let onto it
Spectators bet which side would win/ how long dogs would survive for

22
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What was cockfighting

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2 birds made to fight to death in cockfighting pits
Spectators bet which bird would win

23
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True or false, the rich had lots of wealth and time to take part in lots of entertainment

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True
(They didn’t need to work as much as they already had lots of money)

24
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Was the theatre cheap or not

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Yes
(Why it was also enjoyed by the poor)

25
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What cruel sport featured as part of Elizabeth’s progresses

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Bake baiting
Towns would put this on when she passed by as she really enjoyed it

26
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What was hawking (only rich took part)

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A falcon/ hawk sits on the trainer’s arm with a blind cap on
The blind cap is removed and they fly off to hunt and kill prey, then return
Bell attached to their ankle to be tracked

27
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What was football like (for poor only)

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Very rough sport with few rules
Games were played between villages over a large distance of space
Aim was to get ball and bring it back to your own village
Injuries common

28
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Compare dancing for rich and poor (both took part)

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Rich- pay musicians to play foreign tunes
Poor- take part in traditional country dances

29
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One example of a bair baiting arena

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The ‘Bear garden’ in Southwark, London

30
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One example of a bair baiting arena

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The ‘Bear garden’ in Southwark, London

31
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True or false, Elizabeth supported bear baiting

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True
It was made part of the royal progresses agenda

32
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What was the price like to attend the theatre

A

Low
To encourage all social classes including the poor to attend

33
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Which key actor performed the leading role in many of Shakespeares plays

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Richard Burbage

GCSE History- Elizabethan England (7 decks)

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