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Shakespeare's Theater

Shakespeare's Theater . By Morgan Muller, Katherine Roberts, Ashley Rozelle , and Tori Stryweski. Staging and performance. Changing scenes. Dialogue Cast Leaving the stage Props . Stages and Performance (continued). Acting Entering Boy Actors Starting out. Inside the Theaters.

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Shakespeare's Theater

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  1. Shakespeare's Theater By Morgan Muller, Katherine Roberts, Ashley Rozelle, and Tori Stryweski.

  2. Staging and performance • Changing scenes. • Dialogue • Cast Leaving the stage • Props

  3. Stages and Performance (continued) • Acting • Entering • Boy Actors • Starting out

  4. Inside the Theaters • Theaters Then v. Today • Theaters were usually small in size. • Although they were small they held very large audiences of 2-3 thousand.

  5. Inside the Theaters (Continued) • There were no roofs on the theaters except on the stage • They called the roof “the heavens.” • Floors • Made of mortar or sometimes a mix of hazelnut shells and ash.

  6. Business arrangements • Philip Henslowe • Owned the Rose • Leased it to companies of actors • Acted as manager of the companies • Played playwrights for plays • Bought properties • Recovered his outlay from the actors

  7. Business arrangements (continued) • The Globe • Managed itself • Had principle actors • Shakespeare was a “sharer” • Five of the sharers owned the Globe • Shakespeare • Sharer, actor, playwright • “Common Players” – those who did not have a patron or master – were in a class of “vagabonds and sturdy beggars”

  8. London Playhouses and other Sites • Outdoor or Indoor playhouses. • London Inns were important playing places up until the 1590s. • Actors sometimes performed in royal residences. • First London outdoor public playhouse – the Theatre.

  9. London Playhouses and other sites • Other famous public playhouses include the Curtain, the Fortune, the Rose, the Swan, the Globe, and the Hope. • The Globe was built from wood from the Theatre. • A second Globe was built after the first on burned down. A model of the Rose theatre

  10. Work cited "Shakespeare's Theater-Folger Shakespeare Library." -Folger Shakespeare Library. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Apr. 2011.

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