Transcript "Shakespeare`s England" PowerPoint 3

SHAKESPEARE’S
ENGLAND
Part 3: Earlie Stages
SHAKESPEARE’S EnglAnd
In the House!
Audiences came from
every part of society.
SHAKESPEARE’S EnglAnd
In the House!
Audiences came from
every part of society.
Appealed to the lowest
common denominator.
SHAKESPEARE’S EnglAnd
In the House!
Audiences came from
every part of society.
Appealed to the lowest
common denominator.
Every play begins with
either sex, violence, or the
supernatural.
SHAKESPEARE’S EnglAnd
In the House!
Audiences came from
every part of society.
Appealed to the lowest
common denominator.
Every play begins with
either sex, violence, or the
supernatural.
Also appealed to the most
educated people.
SHAKESPEARE’S EnglAnd
In the House!
Audiences came from
every part of society.
Appealed to the lowest
common denominator.
Every play begins with
either sex, violence, or the
supernatural.
Also appealed to the most
educated people.
Shakespeare was Queen
Elizabeth’s favorite.
SHAKESPEARE’S EnglAnd
Seating and
Standing
Groundlings stood on the
ground, surrounding and
touching the stage. Cost: 1
penny.
SHAKESPEARE’S EnglAnd
Seating and
Standing
Groundlings stood on the
ground, surrounding and
touching the stage. Cost: 1
penny.
Seats in the Twopenny
Galleries cost 2 pennies.
SHAKESPEARE’S EnglAnd
Seating and
Standing
Groundlings stood on the
ground, surrounding and
touching the stage. Cost: 1
penny.
Seats in the Twopenny
Galleries cost 2 pennies.
Gallery seats with
cushions cost 3 pennies.
SHAKESPEARE’S EnglAnd
Seating and
Standing
Groundlings stood on the
ground, surrounding and
touching the stage. Cost: 1
penny.
Seats in the Twopenny
Galleries cost 2 pennies.
Gallery seats with
cushions cost 3 pennies.
Lord’s Room: likely above
and behind the stage.
SHAKESPEARE’S EnglAnd
DeWitt’s
drawing of
the Swan
Theatre.
SHAKESPEARE’S EnglAnd
Puritan Steven
Gosson says:
“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 behaviour.”
SHAKESPEARE’S EnglAnd
Parts
of the
Stage
SHAKESPEARE’S EnglAnd
Parts
of the
Stage
STAGE
Three-sided, surrounded by standing groundlings. At a
height of about 5 feet. Fortune: 27 feet deep, 43 feet wide.
SHAKESPEARE’S EnglAnd
Parts
of the
Stage
TRAP
DOOR
The grave in Hamlet, entrances and exits.
SHAKESPEARE’S EnglAnd
Parts
of the
Stage
THE HEAVENS
Ceiling over the stage, painted with the stars of the night sky. A throne
may have been able to be lowered from the Heavens.
SHAKESPEARE’S EnglAnd
Parts
of the
Stage
COLUMNS
Supporting the Heavens, providing hiding places
for actors. (“Hide behind this tree!”)
SHAKESPEARE’S EnglAnd
Parts
of the
Stage
DISCOVERY
SPACE
AKA “Within.” Curtained area upstage center, used for interior spaces,
hiding places, Juliet’s tomb. Likely a curtain there.
SHAKESPEARE’S EnglAnd
Parts
of the
Stage
DOORS
Upstage left and right, the entrances and exits, In one door and out
the other for traveling actors. Actors would enter through one door
while the previous scene exited out the other.
SHAKESPEARE’S EnglAnd
Parts
of the
Stage
UPPER STAGE
AKA “Above.” The walls of a city, high on a hill, Juliet’s
balcony, etc. Possibly right next to the Lords’ Room.
SHAKESPEARE’S EnglAnd
Other Theatres
Inspired by the Theatre!
SHAKESPEARE’S EnglAnd
Other Theatres
Inspired by the Theatre!
The Fortune, the Curtain,
the Rose, the Swan.
SHAKESPEARE’S EnglAnd
Other Theatres
Inspired by the Theatre!
The Fortune, the Curtain,
the Rose, the Swan.
The Rose was opened in
1587 by Philip Henslowe.
SHAKESPEARE’S EnglAnd
Other Theatres
Inspired by the Theatre!
The Fortune, the Curtain,
the Rose, the Swan.
The Rose was opened in
1587 by Philip Henslowe.
Shakespeare’s home until
the Globe opened.
SHAKESPEARE’S EnglAnd
Other Theatres
Inspired by the Theatre!
The Fortune, the Curtain,
the Rose, the Swan.
The Rose was opened in
1587 by Philip Henslowe.
Shakespeare’s home until
the Globe opened.
Featured in the film
Shakespeare In Love.
SHAKESPEARE’S EnglAnd
England Rules!
By the late 1590s,
London is recognized
as the theatrical capital
of the entire world.
SHAKESPEARE’S EnglAnd
England Rules!
By the late 1590s,
London is recognized
as the theatrical capital
of the entire world.
The biggest
spontaneous theatrical
emergence since
Ancient Greece.
SHAKESPEARE’S EnglAnd
The Globe!
Built on London’s lessfashionable south side.
SHAKESPEARE’S EnglAnd
The Globe!
Built on London’s lessfashionable south side.
Built from the timbers
of the Theatre.
SHAKESPEARE’S EnglAnd
The Globe!
Built on London’s lessfashionable south side.
Built from the timbers
of the Theatre.
Opened in 1599.
SHAKESPEARE’S EnglAnd
The Globe!
Built on London’s lessfashionable south side.
Built from the timbers
of the Theatre.
Opened in 1599.
Home of the Lord
Chamberlain’s Men,
later the King’s Men.
SHAKESPEARE’S EnglAnd
The New
Globe!
Shakespeare’s Globe
Theatre in London.
SHAKESPEARE’S EnglAnd
The New
Globe!
Shakespeare’s Globe
Theatre in London.
Built near the site of
the original.
SHAKESPEARE’S EnglAnd
The New
Globe!
Shakespeare’s Globe
Theatre in London.
Built near the site of
the original.
Completed in 1996.
SHAKESPEARE’S EnglAnd
The New
Globe!
Shakespeare’s Globe
Theatre in London.
Built near the site of
the original.
Completed in 1996.
Queen Elizabeth II
opened it on June 12,
1997 with a production
of Henry V.