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English Renaissance Drama
Question | Answer |
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What was the range for the amount of people in the audience? | 2000-3000 |
What was the shape of the stage? | Round, octagonal, or rectangular |
Was the stage roofed? | Yes |
Was the general seating roofed? | No |
What is the date for The Globe? | 1599 |
What is the date for The Fortune? | 1600 |
What is the date for The Swan? | Unknown |
A huge room used for storage of props and costumes which is also a rehersal area is... | The attic |
What housed musicians and actors and was made famous by Romeo & Juliet? | The balcony |
The heavens are.... | The stage ceiling decorated with zodiac and other symbols |
Explain the Gentleman's Room... | Seating in the middle gallery closest to the stage that featured cushion seats and cost 3 pence. |
How much did seating in the gallery cost? | 2 pence |
Private playhouses had the ability to perform plays... | Year-round |
Decribe the structure of the stage... | 2-3 tiers roofed galleries, 4-6' raised stage with trap doors, 2 level facade behind stage, and no scenery |
Next to Shakespeare, who is the Greatest English tradgedy writer? | Christopher Marlowe |
Ben Jonson wrote what? | Satires |
What four things did William Shakespeare write? | Histories, comedies, tradgedies, and fantasies. |
Speeches where the actors talk alone to reveal their thoughts are... | Soliloquies |
Did all classes of people attend the dramas? | Yes |
Were the actors all men? | Yes |