Entertainment+and+The+Globe

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By: Tiffani, Jess, Nikhil, & Matthew S.,


 * What kind of entertainment was there?

Plays and drama filed stories were the kind of entertainment in Shakespeare’s time.

What is the globe?

An English theater in Southwark, London it was known for Shakespeare’s plays and other dramatic play writers. The globe was redone in 1598-99. The octagonally shaped outer wall of the theater enclosed a roofless inner pit into which the stage projected; around the pit were three galleries, one above the other, the topmost of which was roofed with thatch.

What was the theater like?

There were private and public theaters he preformed at. The most popular privet one was Drama at the Court. The most popular public one was The Globe. Many of Shakespeare's plays are known to have been acted at Court, either because the title pages of the plays when first published say so (it was obviously a selling point), or because the accounts of the Revels Office record payments for them. This view of the first Globe by the Dutch engraver J.C. Visscher was printed in 1625, but must be taken from an earlier drawing, since the first Globe was burnt to the ground* in 1613 at the first performance of Shakespeare's //Henry VIII.// The first Globe was built in 1599 from the timbers of the old Theatre.

Who were in the plays?


 * John Heminges** (Heminge): Baptized November 25, 1566 in Droitwich, Worcestershire. Apprenticed in 1578 (age 11) to James Collins, a London grocer; Collins died in 1585, but Heminges finished out his apprenticeship under his widow and became free of the Grocers' Company in 1587. In March 1588 he married Rebecca Edwards Knell, the 16-year-old widow of William Knell, a famous player with the Queen's Men who had been killed by his fellow Queen's Man John Towne the previous year. Heminges may have also been associated with the Queen's Men, since his grant of arms in 1629 (the year before he died) calls him a longtime servant of Queen Elizabeth, King James, and King Charles. In 1593 he was with Strange's Men, and his first definite appearance with the Chamberlain's is 1596, though he was probably with the troupe from its inception. He died in 1630.

Where they were mostly preformed?

Mostly in public theaters but also in some privet theaters too. The Globe was the theater that they mostly preformed in. The Globe was rebuilt 3 times the first Globe, the second Globe, and the New Globe.

How were they preformed?

A puritan who wrote an attack upon writers, poets, and, above all, dramatists. At plays (he writes) there were the most awful goings-on: In our assemblies at plays in London, you shall see such heaving, and shoving, such itching and shouldering to sit by women; such care for their garments, that they be not trod on; such eyes to their laps, that no chips light in them; such pillows to their backs, that they take no hurt; such masking in their ears, I know not what; such giving them pippins [apples] to pass the time. . . such ticking, such toying, such smiling, such winking, and such manning them home, when the sports are ended, that it is a right comedy to mark their behavior.

The origional globe was built in 1599 using timbers out of the old theatre.

One of the first plays at the globe was in September of 1599. The play wasJulius Ceaser.

The globe's flag had on it, an image of hercules carrying the world on his shoulders and the moto was "Totus mundusagit histrionem" which means "All the world's a stage."

The new globe is 200 yards from the site of the origional globe it opened in 1994 and offers a full season of performances.

The new globe waas designed to replicate the origional globe but there were several gueses as to certain design aspects.

In Shakespeare’s time people usually went to the theater for fun and would hold many feast days. Dancing and music were also some fun that people had during Shakespeare’s time. Chess, checkers, and tennis are games that people played and I guess they were good because they are still around today. Reading was also popular among the rich. [] ||

For sport the upper class engaged in fencing and hunting. They also enjoyed bear-baiting which was Queen Elizabeth’s favorite past time. Bear-baiting was when a bear would be chained to a post and tormented by hunting dogs for the amusement of the people. Archery was also a favorite pastime. Plus, some games include billiards and all hid, all hid. []

In his time Shakespeare was acknowledge as a dramatics genius. He had a considerable social and professional status during his time. He had great influence inside theatre, sometimes even getting men jobs and playwrights after they were rejected. []

The globe was a giant cylindrical amphitheater created for theater. It was erected in 1599 along the Thames in London. The roof was open to elements and for viewing there were three tiered balconies and standing room around the stage. It could hold 3,000 people and attracted all kinds of social classes. []

The //’s men// or the //Chamberlain’s Men// is one of the many favorite plays in Shakespeare’s time. Some plays he wrote that had problems were //All's Well That Ends Well, Measure for Measure//, and //Troilus and Cressida.// These play are problems because they addressed the controversial subjects of life, death, and sex. He also wrote historical plays about //King Henry IV//. Also some famous tragdies written by him are //Romeo and Juliet// and //Othello.// A funny one is //Comedy of Errors//. []

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