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1 Elizabethan Theatre By: Kaitlyn Clabaugh From bing.com

2 THE GLOBE THEATRE  The globe theatre was the very first theatre in London  Many plays written by William Shakespeare were performed here  The design of the globe theatre is similar to the designs of the old roman amphitheaters  The theatre can hold up to three thousand people  Plays were only preformed in the summer when it was warm because it was an out door theatre  Peter Smith and his workers built the first globe theatre in a year spanning from 1597 to 1598  The second globe theatre was built in1614

3 ELIZABETHAN INN-YARDS Inn-Yards provided a place to stay as well as a show for the audience They could hold up to 500 people The plays were preformed in the cobble stone yards These Inn-Yards were most popular from 1576 to 1594 Some Inn-Yards were converted to Play Houses

4 Elizabethan Amphitheatre It had a very similar structure to the globe theatres James Burbage built the first Amphitheatre in 1576 after the success of plays in Inn-Yards Can hold up to 3,000 people Similar amphitheatres were built for bear beating and bull beating The first Amphitheatre took six months to build

5 Elizabethan Play House  These were the first indoor theatres  They were small and private  They held up to 500 people  These theatres cost 2 to 26 pennies to attend while others only cost 1 to 3 pennies  Food and drinks were served during intermission s

6 Other Theatre Facts o Many people enjoyed the theatre ranging from the highest class to the lowest class o They were as popular then as the movies are today o Many theatres were built around London o Theatres were also used for bear beating and bull beating gambling and other informal purposes o Music was added to the plays in the 1600’s to make them more entertaining o A trumpet would sound to tell the audience that the play was starting soon o Plays were an exciting inexpensive form of entertainment

7 Citations All pictures are from Bing.com Alchin, L. K.. "Elizabethan theatre." Elizabethan era. May 16, 2005., Web. January 16, 2012.

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