The Elizabethan

Theatre
 WHAT WERE THE VARIOUS VENUES AT WHICH
A PLAY COULD BE VIEWED ?

- theatre at shoreditch in London in 1576

- courtyard of inns or inn-yard
- in the houses of noblemen
- extreme circumstances on open ground
- air playhouses opened in the London are, including
the Rose Theatre (1587) and the Hope Theatre (1613)

painting on Shakespear
 WHAT WAS THE PRICE OF
ADMISSION AT THE THEATER ?

1 penny to stand in the "Pit" of the

Gesbe theatre

Shakespeare's Globe Theatre

 WHO WENT TO THE
THEATER?

The Elizabethan general public (the Commoners)

 How long were performances?

The performance was played

during all the afternoon because
there wasn't artfificial lighting

painting of Queen Elizabeth I

 HOW WERE THE
ACTORS PAID?
The actors were paid thanks to
the "Box offfice" which means
that Globe audiences put one
penny in a box. Then, the
members shared between them
every penny they colected
performance in the Elizabethan theatre
 What type of people could
become actors in Shakespeare’s
day?

In Shakespeare's time acting was a

profession only open to boys and men.
Women were not allowed to perform in
public theatres in England until 1660
 WHAT TALENTS DID
ACTORS POSSESS
Actors need to possess : ability to take direction, ability to work
as a team also individually, good time beeping skills, reliability,
abiliy to learn lines/ directions, confidence in being in front of an
audience, experience in improvisation/ad-libbing
What was unique about
the actors in
Shakespeare’s day?
Actors might spend the morning
rechearsing and then perform in
the afternoon but they did not
have much time for rehearsals.