Did you know!
The Elizabethans were an audience
of listeners . they would say, I'm going to hear a play, not I'm going to see a
play. The Elizabethan audience would pick up on words and their various meanings that we
wouldn't.
- Marjorie Garber |
There were no female actress during this period of time. All the roles were performed by
male actors, since it was considered immoral to have a female on stage. No producers or
directors were necessary, the actors worked among themselves to improve their performance.
They had to do their own stunts. Often including realistic and some times savage scenes of
fencing fighting and many more. The performers needed a phenomenal memory in order to
speak 25 lines per minute. Furthermore, no play was allowed to be played 2 days in a roll.
Elizabethans expected to see bloody deaths and mutilations. They applauded when
pleased, and shouted and threw objects of varieties when bored or displeased. They went to
the theatre in great numbers. Why? You will find out soon! Theaters couldn't advertise upcoming plays since it was considered
immoral, so they raised a flag and sounded a trumpet before 2:00 p.m. |
Did you know?
The Elizabethans were used to speak in rhyme.
They would impress others by reciting to you a sonnet he or she had written just for you,
whether it was good or not. Elizabethan England was a world where people sang, talked. and
breathed language.
- David Suchet |
