The Elizabethan theatre
Introduction
Elisabethan drama was indebted both to the medieval and classical models. The influences of the medieval theatre included: - the tendency to think of a play as a kind of animated sermon; - scenes of vivd caricature and realistic comedy; - the mix of comedy and tragedy; - the idea of a man's place inside an ordered universe; - the changeability of fortune and the influence of the stars; - the avoidance of Aristotle's "three unities".
The Elizabethan theatre also drew inspiration from: - the Italian commedia dell'arte; - the works of Niccolò Macchiavelli; - the Greek theatre in their public, nationalistic celebration of English history; - the Latin poet and philosopher Seneca in the division of plays into five acts: The Elizabethan age was characterised by a wide range of interests and a vitality of language , entertainment was rooted in the communal life of towns and villages, and was presented to a mixed audience. London was the city of entertainment.
They were circular or octagonal in shape. The stage (the apron stage) was rectangular and around 12 m wide. The stage had no curtain and was supported by two pillars and a roof. In the front part there was a trap door, and at the rear there was a tiring ouse. The stage projected into the pit.
The audience
The playhouse
The poor people, which paid 1 penny, stood in the pit, meanwhile wealthy people sat in the galleries and nobles could sit next to the stage.
The actors
The performances
They were busy man, constantly reharsing new plays. They belonged to a group. There was no actresses, in fact the parts of young women were performed by boys. They worked on the basis of a share system and made money from the profits of the plays.
They took play in the afternoon, because there was limited artificial light. There was also a limited numer of scenery and props. The action was continous and a scene ended when new characters came on the stage.
The Globe Theatre
The Globe Theatre was erected in Southwark in 1599. It was the playhouse where many of Shakespeare's gratest plays were first performed. This famous theatre was very large and three stories high. Inscribed above the main entrance were the words Totus mondus agit histrionem (the whole world is a playhouse), a phrease that Shakespeare later echoed in his play As You Like It. The theatre's site was rediscovered in 1989, and the New Globe Theatre was built in 1997 closely following the Elizabethan original.
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The Elizabethan theatre
Introduction
Elisabethan drama was indebted both to the medieval and classical models. The influences of the medieval theatre included: - the tendency to think of a play as a kind of animated sermon; - scenes of vivd caricature and realistic comedy; - the mix of comedy and tragedy; - the idea of a man's place inside an ordered universe; - the changeability of fortune and the influence of the stars; - the avoidance of Aristotle's "three unities".
The Elizabethan theatre also drew inspiration from: - the Italian commedia dell'arte; - the works of Niccolò Macchiavelli; - the Greek theatre in their public, nationalistic celebration of English history; - the Latin poet and philosopher Seneca in the division of plays into five acts: The Elizabethan age was characterised by a wide range of interests and a vitality of language , entertainment was rooted in the communal life of towns and villages, and was presented to a mixed audience. London was the city of entertainment.
They were circular or octagonal in shape. The stage (the apron stage) was rectangular and around 12 m wide. The stage had no curtain and was supported by two pillars and a roof. In the front part there was a trap door, and at the rear there was a tiring ouse. The stage projected into the pit.
The audience
The playhouse
The poor people, which paid 1 penny, stood in the pit, meanwhile wealthy people sat in the galleries and nobles could sit next to the stage.
The actors
The performances
They were busy man, constantly reharsing new plays. They belonged to a group. There was no actresses, in fact the parts of young women were performed by boys. They worked on the basis of a share system and made money from the profits of the plays.
They took play in the afternoon, because there was limited artificial light. There was also a limited numer of scenery and props. The action was continous and a scene ended when new characters came on the stage.
The Globe Theatre
The Globe Theatre was erected in Southwark in 1599. It was the playhouse where many of Shakespeare's gratest plays were first performed. This famous theatre was very large and three stories high. Inscribed above the main entrance were the words Totus mondus agit histrionem (the whole world is a playhouse), a phrease that Shakespeare later echoed in his play As You Like It. The theatre's site was rediscovered in 1989, and the New Globe Theatre was built in 1997 closely following the Elizabethan original.