Theatrical Life of Britain and Russia.

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I hope you have fun using the game to help you tell the amazing story of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre!

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Being alive in London during Tudor times was often like living in a very exciting and dangerous play. Before theatres were built audiences enjoyed watching: Mystery plays Fencing displays Cock fighting Bear baiting Public punishments Public executions

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Plays were performed in the open air by travelling groups of actors, who were famous for being rogues and vagabonds. The first theatre in London was built in 1576. It was Called “The Theatre”.

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A popular play could attract up to 3000 people to each performance. The Globe Theatre (built in 1599) made lots of money for the people who paid for it to be built. One of these was the playwright William Shakespeare.

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Will iam Shakespeare Wrote many plays that were performed at the Globe. Some were tragedies, like Macbeth and Othello. Some were comedies , such as Twelfth Night and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Some were histories , such as Richard III and Henry IV . There were other Tudor playwrights Two very famous ones were: Christofer Marlowe Ben Jonson

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The Audience of up to three thousand people, both rich and poor, would move about and join in by hissing, booing, or woooing!(when actors kissed). Hawkers moved around selling beer bread nuts apples and pears

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There were probably leather buckets to use for having a pee… … and there were ‘privies’ on the banks of the river Thames.

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actors put on their costumes (or attired) in the tiring-house A diagram (known as a platt), was used to remind actors when to enter and which props, music or special effects were needed. winch for helping actors to ‘fly’ the heavens trap door the hut cannon for making HUGE BANGS! (burning wadding from a cannon caused original Globe to burn down!) the stage trap door muskets firing blanks

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Ladies and girls didn’t act in public theatres. Female roles were acted by boy apprentices. Dress this one as Juliet with made-up face, dress and beautiful wig.

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On the day of a play – (and plays were performed most days when weather was good enough): advertising bills (leaflets) were handed out a flag was flown to let people know a play was about to start

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Entrance prices: one (old) penny to stand in the yard as a groundling or stinkard for a seat in the gallery for gallery seat with a comfy cushion for a seat in a Gentlemen’s room to side of stage * for seat in the Lord’s room on balcony behind stage * * where the audience could get a good view of you!

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