Elizabethan Theatre

ELIZABETHAN THEATRE REPORT

In the earliest years of theatres, they were built outside the city limits, as they were not allowed within the city walls. In addition, this way the city governors had no jurisdiction over them. In 1576 the first theatre building was constructed. It was erected by James Burbage (father of Richard Burbage), and was aptly named "The Theatre". It was enclosed wooden structures built in Fins bury Fields, outside London. Baiting rings in which actors were accustomed to perform in the past. These theatres were circular wooden buildings with a paved courtyard in the middle open to the sky. A rectangular stage jutted out into the middle of this yard. Some of the audience stood in the yard (or 'pit') to watch the play. They were thus on three sides of the stage, close up to it and on a level with it. Such a theatre could hold about 3,000 spectators. In 1608 Shakespeare’s company. . It has been suggested that the plays written for this 'private' theatre differed from those written for the Globe, since, as it cost more to go to a private theatre., and it is not certain that Shakespeare's last plays were written specifically for the Black friars Theatre, or first performed there.’ The first public theatre in London was built in 1576: The Theatre, at Shore ditch. The Globe Theatre was built in 1598-99. In 1598. The new Globe: if you want to get an idea of what the original Globe Theatre was like, the best thing to do is to visit the new Globe Theatre which was opened in 1997 about two hundred yards from the original site. It has lime plastered walls and a thatched roof, imitating the original in every possible detail

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