In Shakespeare’s day London theatres could hold up to 3,000 people which mean that during a week as many as 10,000 to 20,000 people could see the popular plays of the time. Shakespeare’s audience was very diverse the rich, the upper class and middle class, and the lower middle class. People attending the theatre went for entertainment as today people do by going to the cinema. Royalty even occasionally attended the theatre in private booths.
The Globe was a London theatre which costed a penny to enter. A penny in the Elizabethan time in England was equivalent to a loaf of bread, a pint of ale or a theatre ticket. A penny ticket would require you to stand at the front of the theatre sometimes for three hours known as Groundings. For …show more content…
Generally they were audience was rowdy and were involved in the show and frequently soliloquies (character speaks to himself relating thoughts and consequently shares them with the audience) would be directed at the audience and were expected to respond. The audience would move around and purchase food and ale. They would clap for the hero and boo for the villain. If the audience didn’t enjoy the play they might throw furniture.
Macbeth
The tragedy of Macbeth is a play written by William Shakespeare. The play is predominately set in Scotland and highlights the damage that political power can have. Macbeth is Shakespeare’s shortest play and is believed to be written between 1599 and 1606.
The play follows a brave Scottish general Macbeth who gets a prophecy from three witches who predict that he will one day become king of Scotland. Fuelled be ambition to fulfil the prophecy and motivation from his wife, Macbeth murders the king Duncan and claims the throne. He becomes paranoid making him a tyrannical ruler to keep his position. He is forced to commit more murders to protect himself and avoid suspicion. Consequently a civil war breaks out and finally Macbeth and his wife turn mad and
The Globe was a London theatre which costed a penny to enter. A penny in the Elizabethan time in England was equivalent to a loaf of bread, a pint of ale or a theatre ticket. A penny ticket would require you to stand at the front of the theatre sometimes for three hours known as Groundings. For …show more content…
Generally they were audience was rowdy and were involved in the show and frequently soliloquies (character speaks to himself relating thoughts and consequently shares them with the audience) would be directed at the audience and were expected to respond. The audience would move around and purchase food and ale. They would clap for the hero and boo for the villain. If the audience didn’t enjoy the play they might throw furniture.
Macbeth
The tragedy of Macbeth is a play written by William Shakespeare. The play is predominately set in Scotland and highlights the damage that political power can have. Macbeth is Shakespeare’s shortest play and is believed to be written between 1599 and 1606.
The play follows a brave Scottish general Macbeth who gets a prophecy from three witches who predict that he will one day become king of Scotland. Fuelled be ambition to fulfil the prophecy and motivation from his wife, Macbeth murders the king Duncan and claims the throne. He becomes paranoid making him a tyrannical ruler to keep his position. He is forced to commit more murders to protect himself and avoid suspicion. Consequently a civil war breaks out and finally Macbeth and his wife turn mad and