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Renaissance Drama

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show 2000-3000 seats  
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show round, octagonal, or rectangular shaped  
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Structure of Theater   show
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The Globe   show
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The Fortune   show
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show we do not know  
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Attic   show
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Balcony   show
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show the stage ceiling decorated w/zodiac and other symbols  
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show housed benched seating for paying patrons, aristocracy would sit in the middle gallery(royalty) (2 pence)  
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Stage   show
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show seating in the middle gallery (cushioned seats for 3 pence)  
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show smaller than public and roofed, 1/4 to 1/2 the seating capacity of the public theatre, performed plays year-round  
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Structure of the Stage   show
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Christopher Marlowe   show
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Ben Jonson   show
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show greatest English dramatist, wrote histories, comedies, tragedies, and fantasies  
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show speeches where teh actors talk alone to reveal their thoughts  
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show all classes of people, the price of admission was the only thing that separated the classes  
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show all men, women's parts acted by young boys  
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Jobs of actors   show
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show paid well, memorize many works at one time, available at short notice  
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Troupes   show
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show performed their "pageants" in courtyards and town squares  
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Richard Burbage   show
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Edward Alleyn   show
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show portrayed Shakespeare's comic parts  
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Costumes   show
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show began around 3p.m., lasted for 2 hours  
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The Blowing of the trumpets and raising of the flag   show
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