1. Elizabethan Theater E E

2. The Elizabethan Era House of Tudor (1485-1603)
It was an extravagant and brutal age
The first theaters in England appeared
William Shakespeare plays a big role

3. Sport or pastimes Of upper class and aristocracy :
Tennis
Hunting
Bear-gardens
Sport was controlled by the goverment

4. Development of theatres
By now
Used in church to provide bible stories
To teach moral values
Time of the Tudors:
Break of work
Piece of entertainment
Plawrithing and acting becomes a serious business

5. Playhouses Private – small, roofed buildings for the wealthy people,
Public – usually the backyards of inns, designed as bear-gardens, no roofs
Famous theaters – the Rose, the Swan, the Globe, and the Fortune

6. Structure Public theaters were either
a round, square wooden structure which
consisted of:
unroofed courtyard
roofed galleries
platform stage
tiring-house
curtained discovery space
hut
trapdoor

7. Seating Determined by the wealth and the social status of the people.
The wealthiest people took the best seats

8. Acting Companies
Before the theaters were built performances were put on by traveling troupes
They had the reputation of being vagabonds
Many people gathered and sometimes behaved disorderly

9. The Globe Theater Built in 1599 by Cuthbert Burbage
Shakespeare put on most of his plays in there and acted in some of them
In 1642 the theater was completely destroyed