What was it like to watch a show at the Globe Theatre?
The shows at the Globe Theatre didn’t just include the actors. The audience drank openly. Prostitutes worked in the audience, along with pickpockets. If a show was particularly bad, rotten fruit would be launched at the stage. Eggs were another popular choice, as they could buy six for only a penny (Milner 24). The people you watched the show with could change the experience- they added their own jokes and talked to the actors. They hissed at villains and laughed loudly at the right moments (Olsen 623). Comedies were loud and bubbly, while tragedies were quiet and solemn (624).
Seats were optional, as the cheapest tickets were for the back where “groundlings” stood. Those tickets only cost a penny, so even the …show more content…
However, they didn’t have enough money to fully rebuild the timbers. They managed to raise half, after combining forces (Alchin, par. 2). Because of this, they each officially owned 25% of the theatre. The other actors were offered a chance to invest. Five of them agreed. The problem was that one of them, Will Kempe, later backed out. He left to work for the Rose, which was the Globe's rival. The other men who helped out were William Shakespeare (par. 3), John Heminges, Augustine Phillips and Thomas Pope. Originally, they would each own 10% of the theatre. However, without Kempe, they each controlled 12.5%. The lease was to last thirty one years (par. 4), beginning on December 25th, 1598. The owners were nicknamed "housekeepers", as the theatre was their home (par. 5).
William Shakespeare, one of the previously mentioned housekeepers, later became well known as a playwright. He had been acting since 1594. In 1599, he helped to purchase the theatre he worked in. This allowed him to earn money from sales (Gurr, par. 1). In addition, each year, the Globe would run Shakespeare's two most recent shows (Morely
The shows at the Globe Theatre didn’t just include the actors. The audience drank openly. Prostitutes worked in the audience, along with pickpockets. If a show was particularly bad, rotten fruit would be launched at the stage. Eggs were another popular choice, as they could buy six for only a penny (Milner 24). The people you watched the show with could change the experience- they added their own jokes and talked to the actors. They hissed at villains and laughed loudly at the right moments (Olsen 623). Comedies were loud and bubbly, while tragedies were quiet and solemn (624).
Seats were optional, as the cheapest tickets were for the back where “groundlings” stood. Those tickets only cost a penny, so even the …show more content…
However, they didn’t have enough money to fully rebuild the timbers. They managed to raise half, after combining forces (Alchin, par. 2). Because of this, they each officially owned 25% of the theatre. The other actors were offered a chance to invest. Five of them agreed. The problem was that one of them, Will Kempe, later backed out. He left to work for the Rose, which was the Globe's rival. The other men who helped out were William Shakespeare (par. 3), John Heminges, Augustine Phillips and Thomas Pope. Originally, they would each own 10% of the theatre. However, without Kempe, they each controlled 12.5%. The lease was to last thirty one years (par. 4), beginning on December 25th, 1598. The owners were nicknamed "housekeepers", as the theatre was their home (par. 5).
William Shakespeare, one of the previously mentioned housekeepers, later became well known as a playwright. He had been acting since 1594. In 1599, he helped to purchase the theatre he worked in. This allowed him to earn money from sales (Gurr, par. 1). In addition, each year, the Globe would run Shakespeare's two most recent shows (Morely