Katie G.'s Renaissan Word Scramble
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| Terms | Definition |
| Audience Numbers | 2000-3000 seats |
| Shape of Theater | round, octagonal, or rectangular shaped |
| Structure of Theater | roofed stage with unroofed general seating |
| The Globe | 1599 |
| The Fortune | 1600 |
| The Swan | we do not know |
| Attic | huge room used for storage of props, rehersals, and auditions |
| Balcony | housed musicians and actors |
| Heavens | the stage ceiling decorated w/zodiac and other symbols |
| Gallery | housed benched seating for paying patrons, aristocracy would sit in the middle gallery(royalty) (2 pence) |
| Stage | bare boards used for performances |
| The Gentleman's Room | seating in the middle gallery (cushioned seats for 3 pence) |
| Private Playhouses | smaller than public and roofed, 1/4 to 1/2 the seating capacity of the public theatre, performed plays year-round |
| Structure of the Stage | 2-3 tiers of roofed galleries, 4-6" raised stage with trap doors, 2 level facade behind stage, no scenery |
| Christopher Marlowe | greatest English tragedy writer next to Shakespeare |
| Ben Jonson | a classic writer, wrote satires and spent lots of money on his productions |
| William Shakespeare | greatest English dramatist, wrote histories, comedies, tragedies, and fantasies |
| Use of soliloquies | speeches where teh actors talk alone to reveal their thoughts |
| Audience | all classes of people, the price of admission was the only thing that separated the classes |
| Actors | all men, women's parts acted by young boys |
| Jobs of actors | acting, singing, dancing, and fencing |
| Actor's pay | paid well, memorize many works at one time, available at short notice |
| Troupes | 3-4 men and a boy(women's roles), controlled by sovereignty |
| Location of troupes | performed their "pageants" in courtyards and town squares |
| Richard Burbage | played Shakespeare's tragic figures |
| Edward Alleyn | acted tragedies by Marlowe and others |
| William Kemp | portrayed Shakespeare's comic parts |
| Costumes | contemporary English fashion, except for supernatural characters, followed conventions of medieval English theatre |
| Performances | began around 3p.m., lasted for 2 hours |
| The Blowing of the trumpets and raising of the flag | announced teh beginnings of the plays |
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