SHAKESPEARE'S THEATER

By Morgan Muller, Katherine Roberts, Ashley Rozelle, and Tori Stryweski.

STAGING AND PERFORMANCE

Changing scenes.DialogueCast Leaving the stageProps

STAGES AND PERFORMANCE (CONTINUED)

ActingEntering Boy Actors

Starting out

INSIDE THE THEATERS

Theaters Then v. Today

Theaters were usually small in size.

Although they were small they held very large audiences of 2-3 thousand.

INSIDE THE THEATERS (CONTINUED)

There were no roofs on the theaters except on the stage

They called the roof “the heavens.”

Floors Made of mortar or sometimes a mix of hazelnut shells and ash.

BUSINESS ARRANGEMENTS

Philip HensloweOwned the Rose

Leased it to companies of actorsActed as manager of the companies

Played playwrights for playsBought propertiesRecovered his outlay from the actors

BUSINESS ARRANGEMENTS (CONTINUED)

The GlobeManaged itself

Had principle actorsShakespeare was a “sharer”

Five of the sharers owned the Globe

ShakespeareSharer, actor, playwright“Common Players” – those who did not have a patron or master – were in a class of “vagabonds and sturdy beggars”

LO N DON PLAYHO US ES AN D O THER S ITES

Outdoor or Indoor playhouses.

London Inns were important playing places up until the 1590s.

Actors sometimes performed in royal residences.

First London outdoor public playhouse – the Theatre.

LONDON P L AYHO U S ES AND OTHER S I TES

Other famous public playhouses include the Curtain, the Fortune, the Rose, the Swan, the Globe, and the Hope.

The Globe was built from wood from the Theatre.

A second Globe was built after the first on burned down.

A model of the Rose theatre

WORK CITED

"Shakespeare's Theater-Folger Shakespeare Library." -Folger Shakespeare Library. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Apr. 2011.