The Globe Theatre

The high culture of the Elizabethan renaissance was best expressed in its
theatre.The Globe was the most magnificent theatre that london had ever
seen and built.But before any theatres were built plays were perfomed in
the courtyards,nobelmen houses or in extreme circumstances on open
garden.First open theatre was the Theatre further open ones includethe
!ose,the "wan,the #ope and the rivalry between them was
enormous.The Globe Theatre built in $%&& by the 'ord (hamberlain)s
men company which "ha*espeare belonged to and had its shareholds.
The theatre was three stories high and a total capacity of three thousand
people.The success of the Elizabethan theatres was such that other forms
of Elizabethan enetertainment were being seriously affected.The
Elizabethan general public +the (ommoners, reffered to as groundlings
or also penny stin*ers who would pay $ penny to stand in the -it.They
also threw rotten fruit and vegetbles if they didn)t li*e the play.The .two
penny/ viewers were absle to sit.!ich nobles could watch the play from a
chair set on the side of the Globe stage itself.There was also the 'ord)s
!oom where the musicians would play and .tiring/ house a wardrobe for
actors.the plays were held in the afternoon,because,of course,there was
no artifical lightning.-arts were often allocated on the day of the
perfomance.0any times the actors didn)t get their own lines.They did
the/cue acting/ which meant that there was a person bac*stage who
whispered the lines to the actor.This rapid turnover led to another
techni1ue called .cue scripting/ where each actor was given a script with
only his lines.The term .Box 2ffice/ comes from the boxes where
audience had to put pennies depending where they want to be sited.
3hen the show started men put the boxes in the room bac*stage.
3illiam "ha*espeare received approximately $45 of the profit.
"ha*espeare had began his stage career by $&%6.#e played the title role
in Edward 7.,including 8s 9ou 'i*e 7t +8dam,,0acbeth +:ing ;uncan,,
#enry 7< +:ing #enry, and #amlet +#amlet)s father,.The Globe was only
in use until $=$> a fire bro*e out at the Globe.7n $=$? the Globe was
rebuilt.and once again closed and demolished by -urtitans in $=?? who
believed that it was used as gambling grounds and immoral puposes.