Fun Facts
~ In Elizabethan theatre, young men played the female roles in the plays, because it was considered wrong for women to be actors! Women were not allowed to perform until 1660.
~ Elizabethan theatres attracted huge amounts of people, sometimes up to 3000 people.
~ The Globe Theatre was very famous as Shakespeare's business owned it and all of his famous plays were performed in it.
~ Unlike modern productions that can run for months, the actors barely performed the same play twice in a row.
~ The commoners payed one penny to watch the performance from the standing area. The slightly better paid people payed two penny's to sit in one of three row bleachers. The rich people payed the most for the most luxurious seats high up so they had a better view and also to be away from the commoners.
~ Elizabethan theatres attracted huge amounts of people, sometimes up to 3000 people.
~ The Globe Theatre was very famous as Shakespeare's business owned it and all of his famous plays were performed in it.
~ Unlike modern productions that can run for months, the actors barely performed the same play twice in a row.
~ The commoners payed one penny to watch the performance from the standing area. The slightly better paid people payed two penny's to sit in one of three row bleachers. The rich people payed the most for the most luxurious seats high up so they had a better view and also to be away from the commoners.