Wednesday, 31 May 2017

What was London like in Elizabethan times and who were the people attending the theatre?


During Elizabethan time London was untidy and swarmed with people. The roads were narrow and houses were jammed together. London was the home to The Globe Theatre where people watched plays created by William Shakespeare. People from both lasses would go to the Globe theatre as an opportunity to watch plays and met one another.

People of the lower class would have paid 1d to watch a play from the pit. However, the nobles would have paid for the better seats in the Lord's rooms by paying 5d. The Lord rooms were seen as the best seats in the theatre. Moreover, even though the wealthier paid for good seats there was an advantage for the poor; their seats were the closest to the entertainers, which suggested they could hear every outflow of the play irrespective of the sound quality in the Globe theatre but the downfall was they had to stand.

People who were in the pit could buy food in the midst of the shows, for example pippins (apples), oranges, nuts, gingerbread and blend. Nevertheless, the gathering of people in the Elizabethan time were either for the theatre or against it which could have led to the social factor of whether people would like to go to the theatre now.

During the Elizabethan time, they commended the legends. In spite of the fact that social factors are contributing to the way individuals go to the theatre, it could be attributed to the fact that they are used to latest developments in London. People may also get irritable on the off chance that some person may happen to be booed or cheered which could lead or may trouble the actors. Nonetheless, between 1560 and 1640 around 3000 new plays were formed. Anyhow, music has been the commonly used tools to gather the audiences thoughts.

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