The Elizabethan Theatre William Shakespeare The Elizabethan Theatre
![The Elizabethan Theatre William Shakespeare The Elizabethan Theatre William Shakespeare](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/48d06c66463c2c0dac604ea33f7715eb/image-1.jpg)
The Elizabethan Theatre William Shakespeare
![The Elizabethan Theatre • Roughly circular building – designed on the courtyard of an The Elizabethan Theatre • Roughly circular building – designed on the courtyard of an](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/48d06c66463c2c0dac604ea33f7715eb/image-2.jpg)
The Elizabethan Theatre • Roughly circular building – designed on the courtyard of an inn – Having galleries and windows – Had no roof over the central part
![The Elizabethan Theatre • No stage lighting – plays were held at 2: 00 The Elizabethan Theatre • No stage lighting – plays were held at 2: 00](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/48d06c66463c2c0dac604ea33f7715eb/image-3.jpg)
The Elizabethan Theatre • No stage lighting – plays were held at 2: 00 in the afternoon
![The Elizabethan Theatre • • Open-air theater – performances depended on the weather Performances The Elizabethan Theatre • • Open-air theater – performances depended on the weather Performances](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/48d06c66463c2c0dac604ea33f7715eb/image-4.jpg)
The Elizabethan Theatre • • Open-air theater – performances depended on the weather Performances lasted about 2 hours
![The Elizabethan Theatre • Women did not act in theater; young boys played the The Elizabethan Theatre • Women did not act in theater; young boys played the](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/48d06c66463c2c0dac604ea33f7715eb/image-5.jpg)
The Elizabethan Theatre • Women did not act in theater; young boys played the women’s parts.
![The Elizabethan Theatre • Book holders kept the scripts as each actor usually only The Elizabethan Theatre • Book holders kept the scripts as each actor usually only](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/48d06c66463c2c0dac604ea33f7715eb/image-6.jpg)
The Elizabethan Theatre • Book holders kept the scripts as each actor usually only received his own lines and not a complete script. Bookholders would help if an actor forgot his lines.
![Orchestra • The orchestra played in an area above the stage (3 rd level). Orchestra • The orchestra played in an area above the stage (3 rd level).](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/48d06c66463c2c0dac604ea33f7715eb/image-7.jpg)
Orchestra • The orchestra played in an area above the stage (3 rd level). • Today they play in the pit. (orchestra pit)
![Stage Area • The stage area stuck out into the center audience area. There Stage Area • The stage area stuck out into the center audience area. There](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/48d06c66463c2c0dac604ea33f7715eb/image-8.jpg)
Stage Area • The stage area stuck out into the center audience area. There was a door on either side of the stage for exits and entrances.
![Pit Area • The yard below the stage was known as the pit. • Pit Area • The yard below the stage was known as the pit. •](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/48d06c66463c2c0dac604ea33f7715eb/image-9.jpg)
Pit Area • The yard below the stage was known as the pit. • Here the poor or common people would stand to watch. • The floor of this area would often be covered with straw. • The poor were called groundlings, penny knaves, and stinkards.
![Curtain • There was a main curtain used for various purposes throughout the play. Curtain • There was a main curtain used for various purposes throughout the play.](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/48d06c66463c2c0dac604ea33f7715eb/image-10.jpg)
Curtain • There was a main curtain used for various purposes throughout the play.
![Trap Door • The Trap Door was used for certain entrances and exits. • Trap Door • The Trap Door was used for certain entrances and exits. •](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/48d06c66463c2c0dac604ea33f7715eb/image-11.jpg)
Trap Door • The Trap Door was used for certain entrances and exits. • Fireworks were often used as actors entered and exited the stage.
![Balcony • The balcony was also used as part of the staging area. (i. Balcony • The balcony was also used as part of the staging area. (i.](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/48d06c66463c2c0dac604ea33f7715eb/image-12.jpg)
Balcony • The balcony was also used as part of the staging area. (i. e. Romeo and Juliet)
![Inner Stage • The theater had an inner stage which was usually concealed by Inner Stage • The theater had an inner stage which was usually concealed by](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/48d06c66463c2c0dac604ea33f7715eb/image-13.jpg)
Inner Stage • The theater had an inner stage which was usually concealed by a curtain. • Certain scenes would be acted out in this inner stage.
![Galleries • The wealthy filled the galleries which encircled the yard. • Gallery seats Galleries • The wealthy filled the galleries which encircled the yard. • Gallery seats](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/48d06c66463c2c0dac604ea33f7715eb/image-14.jpg)
Galleries • The wealthy filled the galleries which encircled the yard. • Gallery seats were just hard wooden benches w/o backs. • Royalty would occasionally sit on the stage itself in the earlier days of theater.
![Audience • Audience interaction and participation was expected. Some parts of the scenes were Audience • Audience interaction and participation was expected. Some parts of the scenes were](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/48d06c66463c2c0dac604ea33f7715eb/image-15.jpg)
Audience • Audience interaction and participation was expected. Some parts of the scenes were even acted out in the audience.
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