popular entertainment elizabeth Flashcards
Example of cruel sport (3)
- bear and bull baiting
- bear garden
- cockfighting
rich entertainment
hawking
hunting
archery
entertainment for all classes
dancing
music
tennis
bowls
lower class entertainment
travelling fairs
football
wandering band of players
What are the band of strolling players?
- Wandering bands toured the country.
- Townsfolk, farmers, tradesmen and
families watched their performances.
why is the band of strolling players significant
Common themes include the adventures
of Robin Hood, where the poor triumphed
over the rich.
who were bands of strolling players percieved as
- vagabonds
- 1572 law banned strolling players unless they had a license
3 theatres built in elizabethan times
the globe
swan
rose
3 elizabethan playwrights
shakespeare
marlowe
kyd
elizabethan theatre appearance
round with open space in line with stage
themes of elizabethan plays
tragedy
revenge
comedy
why did authorities oppose the theatre
caused civil disturbance and beggars/pickpocketers to engage in crime
why did the puritans oppose the theatre
‘encouraged’ people to be sinful
theatre = work of devil/ lack of morals
what is hawking
hawk would sit on a trainers arm with a blind cap on.
when cap removed bird would fly off and kill prey then return
when were men expected to practise archery?
after church on a sunday
they practised with the long bow and the crossbow
