History Of Elizabethan Theatre

The theatre is a type of art, which was born from communication with the gods, rituals for various cults and to entertain people in their free time. Theatre was also the place where people got a political and social education, it was also used as a place of civic and philosophical debates and had functioned as a spiritual purification. They have been designed as temples of art and they were seeking to remove their audience from everyday concerns and to send them in some virtual reality but the function of the theatre since the early beginnings is to entertain people. Theatre brings stories and performances to amuse the public and with stories it brings pleasure. This makes it an important part of life for some people and for theatre to complete

Also many notable plays were performed during 1600-1613 starting with hamlet and ending with Henry VIII. Also a lost play of Shakespeare called Cardenio should have been played in 1612. This period was very harsh for people in Britain and death was a part of everyday life . People were searching for relief from this reality and found it in the theatre and Elizabeth was one of those people. She attended many plays and other forms of entertainment so theatre became a vital part of Elizabethan culture. The audience wanted more and more plays and shakespear started to write more smooth and entertaining plays that time. The plays were unlike today, because there were no backdrops, acoustics were bad and actors had to shout their lines so everyone could hear them. Because of this viewer’s and their imagination were more involved in plays and spectators where other interesting aspect. The theatre could find room for 3 thousand people so It was open for everyone. People of all status came in this theatre, but mostly it were poor people. They paid 1 Penny and could stand in the yard, but wealthier people payed 2-3 pennys for seats. There were also 3 circular galleries and they were the most comfortable and showed the status of a person and the price was about 5-6

The architecture of the theaters in medieval period was influenced by roman and greek and we can see that the globe theatre’s has a similar architecture to an amphitheater. Elizabeth loved roman and Greek architecture which we can see in face of the columns in the entrances of her houses . he Globe Theatre was framed with massive upright, vertical timbers, which they were supported by diagonal timbers. The wattle walls were daubed with mortar and whitewash was then applied. This process resulted in very typical style of black and white half of the Elizabethan era. With wood architecture two great columns were included in the architecture of the Elizabethan theatres which were called 'Herculean ' columns or pillars. These columns were painted to resemble marble. Based on John Ore’s information we know the dimensions of the original