Elizabethan Theatre Facts
Interesting information about
the Elizabethan Theatre Facts during the life and times of
William Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre
Elizabethan Theatre Facts
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Elizabethan Theatre Facts. The time of William Shakespeare
was an exciting time for the Elizabethan theatre. New plays,
new audiences and lots of money to be made by the theatre
owners, playwrights and actors. Read about some interesting
Elizabethan facts - a fast way to increase your knowledge
about the Elizabethan theatre, including the Globe. TOP 10 ELIZABETHAN THEATRE
FACTS!
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Fun Fact 1 - There
were no Elizabethan Theatres until 1576 - plays were performed in
the courtyards of inns - they were referred to as 'inn-yards'
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Fun Fact 2 - James
Burbage built the very first theatre in 1576 with his brother-in-law
John Brayne, appropriately named 'The Theatre'.
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Fun Fact 3 - The
Globe was built in a similar style to the Coliseum, but on a smaller
scale - other Elizabethan Theatres followed this style of
architecture - they were called amphitheatres.
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Fun Fact 4 -
Elizabethan theatres were also used for bear baiting, gambling and
for immoral purposes
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Fun Fact 5 -
Elizabethan theatres attracted huge crowds - up to 3000 people
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Fun Fact 6 -
William Shakespeare and his company actually built TWO Globe Theatres!
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Fun Fact 7 - The
Globe theatre was built by a carpenter called Peter Smith together
with his workforce. They started building in 1597 and it was
finished in 1598
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Fun Fact 8 - Many
Londoners were strict Protestants - Puritans in fact, who abhorred
the Elizabethan theatres and many of the people they attracted
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Fun Fact 9 -
Objections to the Elizabethan theatres escalated from the Church and the City of
London Officials.
Respectable citizens added even more objections about the rise in
crime and the bawdy nature of some of the plays, fighting, drinking
not to mention the risk of so many people and the spread of the
Bubonic Plague! In 1596 London's authorities were unwilling to ignore
the growing complaints any longer and they banned the public
presentation of plays and all theatres within the City limits of
London
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Fun Fact 10 - The Puritans
ordered all playhouses and theatres to be pulled down in
1648, all players to be seized and
whipped, and anyone caught attending a play to be fined five
shillings
Elizabethan Theatre Facts
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