elizabethan drama. theatre buildings prior to 1576, plays frequently performed at inns 1576 – the...
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Elizabethan Drama
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Theatre buildings
Prior to 1576, plays frequently performed at inns 1576 – The Theatre 1577 – Curtain Theatre 1587 – The Rose 1595 – The Swan 1599 – The Globe 1600 – Fortune 1604 – The Red Bull 1599-1629 - Indoor theatres: Blackfriars,
Whitefriars, Cockpit, Salisbury Court Theatre
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Three types of stage
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The Globe Stage
Outer stage Inner stage Upper stage Hell Actors' entrances Special effects level
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The Performance
All the actors were men or boy apprentices Hearing the play / viewing the play Setting created through dialogue Many stage props Elaborate costumes (but anachronisms) Audience participation
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Mimesis – realism - illusion
Definition of mimesisPuritans mainly reacted against theatre as
“trickery” and actors as “con men”“Illusions are the Devil’s work!”The plays of the age became deliberately anti-
mimetic to quieten this viewAnti-mimetic devices: the artificial language,
boys playing women, soliloquies, three-dimensional playing, familiarity with actors, metatheatrical jokes etc.
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Performance Conditions
Great crowd – traffic - “parking” problems Plays lasted 2-3 hours Food and drink – apples, nuts, water, bottle ale “Toilets” in the corridors (buckets) or the river Smells: the industries, perfume, tobacco, garlic The hats Cutpurses, prostitutes, fights, riots
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Special effects
The blood, gore, limbs Trapdoors in floor and ceiling Wires, ropes and harnesses Cannon in the attic Fireworks Sound effects