1. ELIZABETHAN THEATRE
&
THE GLOBE
MATIS LEIMA XI A

2. TERMINOLOGY
The term "Elizabethan theatre", covers only the plays written and performed publicly in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth (1558–1603)

3. THEATRES The Theatre 1576 Curtain Theatre 1577 The Rose 1587
The Swan 1595
The Globe 1599
The Fortune 1600
Red Bull 1604
No plays allowed within the city

4. THE GLOBE Built in 1599 In use until 1613 Burned to the ground
The site of the theatre was rediscovered
A reconstruction was built: “Shakespeare’s Globe” in 1997

7. STRUCTURE individual differences yet a similar general plan
three stories high
built around an open space
polygonal in plan

8. the stage – a platform surrounded on three sides by the audience
Entrances, exits and seating for the musicians
built of timber
thatched roofs

9. COSTUMES the main visual appeal on stage was in the costumes
often bright in color
expensive
usually players wore contemporary clothing
a lead character would wear a more historically accurate clothing

11. PLAYWRIGHTS No women Men from modest backgrounds
Educated at either Oxford or Cambridge
The majority do not seem to have been performers
Christopher Marlowe was killed in an apparent tavern brawl
Ben Jonson killed an actor in a duel
Several soldiers

12. William Shakespeare
Christopher Marlowe
Ben Jonson

13. THE END