Topic 3: Popular Entertainment

Question 1

What entertainment did the rich take part in?

Answer 1

Hawking, hunting, archery

Question 2

What entertainment did the poor take part in?

Answer 2

Strolling players, football

Question 3

What entertainment did everyone enjoy regardless of class?

Answer 3

Dancing, bowls, bear-baiting and cock fighting

Question 4

Why were strolling players banned?

Answer 4

Seen as vagabonds, political messages they spread were unregulated, authorities disliked plays such as Robin Hood

Question 5

What were examples of theatre companies?

Answer 5

The Queen’s Men - 1583

The Lord Chamberlain’s Men - 1594

Question 6

Which religious group opposed the theatre?

Answer 6

Puritans

Question 7

What was the cheapest place to view from in the theatre called?

Answer 7

The pit

Question 8

Who was a famous playwright apart from Shakespeare?

Answer 8

Christopher Marlowe

Question 9

What was the play Alarum for London about?

Answer 9

A propaganda play showing Catholic Spanish soldiers killing innocent Protestants in the Netherlands

Question 10

Why did authorities oppose the theatre?

Answer 10

Attracted beggars and pickpockets, spread disease through large crowds