Globe Theatre Notes

8/17/2019 Globe Theatre Notes

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The Theater

During Shakespeare’s Time


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“The Wooden O”


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• 1576 – James

Burbage built the

first Englishtheatre


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• 1598 –Landownerswould not renewthe lease –theatre wasdismantled and

rebuilt across thehames !i"er


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• 1599 – he theatrewas rebuilt andnamed he #lobe

heatre


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• $ha%es&eare&erformedmost of his&la's at the#lobe andowned 1() ofthe theatre*


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Elizabethan Theater

• Called this to honor thequeen, Queen ElizabethI

• She loved art, musi,drama, and poetr!

• She "as a patron o# thearts$ % patron is a rih itizen

o# high rank "ho bakedan ating ompan!

• She liked Shakespeare’spla!s and proteted him


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&ames I

• 'eame king in ()*+

• as a supporter o#drama

• &ames beame thepatron o#Shakespeare’s atingompan!

• The! hanged theirompan! name #rom-ord Chamberlain’s.en to the /ing’s .en


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Important 0eople to the Theater

• The 1.aster o#2evels3 "as theo4ial ensor o#

pla!s• 5e approved or

ensored ontent

• % patron sponsored

an ating ompan!• %ting ompanies

had to be sponsoredb! a patron


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Important 0eople to the Theater

• Book holders keptthe scripts as eachactor usually onlyreceived his ownlines and not acomplete script.Bookholders would

help if an actorforgot his lines.


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%ting Companies

• Consisted o# 678+*ators

• 9emale roles pla!ed

b! bo!s• Eah ompan! had a

lo"n #or omirelie#

• 0la!s "ere "ritten"ith ators and theirabilities in mind


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• +rices to attendthe theatre rangefrom 1 &enn' to 1shilling ,1- cents.*

• +rices weredouble on the first&erformance*


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• +erformances began around -/((0

/(( +*2* after lunch but while thesun was still bright*

• +la's were announced b' a flag

being raised on to& of the theatre* 3white flag indicated a comed' and ablac% flag signaled a traged'

• trum&et blasts signaled that the &la'was beginning*


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3udience

• 3ll %inds of &eo&le came to the &la's/

nobilit'4 merchant class4 a&&rentices4

thie"es4 beggars4 etc*

• 2erchants sold their goods during the

&erformances*

• 3"erage wee%l' attendance to the theatre

was -(4((( &eo&le*


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• he #lobe heatre was round and couldseat -4((( &eo&le*

• he stage was 5 feet highthis %e&t

the audience from um&ing on the stage*

• #roundlings0 stood on the ground in frontof the stage– their admission &rice was

one &enn'0 %nown as the &enn' &ublic*


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• he stage hadthree areas ofacting/

1* outer stage

-* middle stage

* inner stage

•he ceiling of the stage areas was %nownas the :ea"ens and was &ainted with

signs of the ;odiac/ sun4 moon4 stars etc*


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0arts o# the :lobe

;ard


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0arts o# the :lobe

Trap Door


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0arts o# the :lobe

.usiian’s

:aller!

Canop!


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+ro&s

• +ro&s were %e&tto a minimum –swords4 daggers4

shields4 scrolls4dishes4 candles*

+ro&s were brought

on and ta%en offthe stage as the&la' &rogressed*


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>ostumes>ostumes were the dress of e"er'da' life*

+eo&le of this time &eriod were "er' classconscious – the fabric of one=s clothingindicated to others his?her station in life*

satin0 taffeta0 "el"et @aristocrats ,rich. coarse wool @ commoner

can"as a&rons @ wor%ing men ,labors.

2ost costumes were "er' la"ish4 colorful andeA&ensi"e

h l f th


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• he color of theactors clothess'mboli;ed their

status in the &la'* scarlet @ rulers

dar% blue @ ser"ants

'ellow @ ealouscharacter

orange @ &ride

light blue @ honor

rose @ gallantr'


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• 2ost costumes were "er' la"ish4 colorfuland eA&ensi"e

• omen were not actors so the &arts ofwomen were &la'ed b' 'oung bo's – high"oice and no beard*


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he s%ills an actor had to ha"e were/

1* good fencer

-* dancer4 musician * good s&ea%ing "oice


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• 161 – #lobeheatre wasdestro'ed duringa &erformance of:enr' CDDD* irefrom a cannon

landed on thethatched roofand caught fire*

161F – 2oreelaborate theatrewas built on thesame s&ot*


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• 16FF – he +uritans tore down the #lobeheatre because the' belie"ed &la's were

immoral and caused sin*• 1666 – he London fire destro'ed all

traces of the #lobe heatre*

• 1997 – heatre reo&ened for&erformances 0 was rebuilt in the same&lace with same materials as the original*


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?7 million dollar reonstrution

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