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SWORD Arts and Humanities: Drama
Mrs. Beavers
Globe Theater Virtual Tour: http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/converse/movies/sound_globe.swf
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1. The Globe Theater had to compete with other forms of entertainment such as _____________
baiting.
2. The ___________ was the smelly, noisy, and crowded place where the common people stood to
watch the play. These people were known as the ________________.
3. The yard was surrounded by covered ______________, where rich people could sit in comfort,
away from the weather.
4. If the audience didn't like what they were seeing on stage, they would shout ___________, or
__________________________________________ at the actors.
5. In spite of its bad reputation, the theatre was a place where people from many different
_________________, ____________________, and backgrounds mixed together.
6. The Globe Theatre had no _________________. A ______________ was probably passed
around theatre for people to relieve themselves!
7. In the galleries, __________________ provided the strong smells. It was very popular in the
upper classes.
8. Plays began around ____________ and ended about ____________________________. People
often had to miss part of a ___________________ to attend the theatre.
9. Plays were advertised on sheets of paper called _______________________.
10. Occasionally, if the audience didn't like the play that was performed, they would shout and
stamp until _________________________________.
11. Spectators could pay an extra ______________ to sit in the upper galleries.
12. Spectators had to be careful because there were thieves called ________________ that would
make off with their money while they watched the show.
13. Pickpockets would be __________________________ at the side of the stage for people to jeer
at and pelt with food.
14. A ____________________ would fire to let the audience know the play was about to begin.
15. During a performance of Henry VIII, a cannon ______________________ to the roof, and it
burned to the ground in the “course of an hour”.
16. ___________________ and __________________ such as fireworks were used in Elizabethan
theatre.
17. In Shakespeare's day, actors worked together in small groups called ________________.
18. Each ____________________ also had a nobleman or lady called a _______________ to give
them money and prestige.
19. Shakespeare's first company was called the ___________________.
20. Shakespeare was an ___________________ in the company, as well as a playwright.
21. ___________________ were an important way for the actors in Shakespeare's plays to convey
information about the characters they were playing.
22. Also, the __________________ of clothing was very symbolic.
23. Costumes were not used ______________________ in Shakespeare's time.
24. Many costumes were given to the company by their __________________ and were made
from very rich and expensive materials.
25. The Globe had a bare stage, and groundlings in the yard surrounded it on _________________.
26. Their was no ___________________ light in the Globe Theatre.
27. In Shakespeare's time, actor's used more flamboyant ____________________ than actors use
today.
28. The audience would have ________________________ in the plays at the Globe.
29. The mixture of people provided a mixture of ________________, and playwrights would try to
include something to keep most audience members happy.
30. A ____________________ is when an actor speaks alone onstage, either to himself or the
audience.
31. There were ___________ doors at the back of the stage that the actors could use to enter and
exit the stage.
32. Most of the ___________ that the companies possessed were small, portable objects that were
easy to store and could be carried onstage by the actors.
33. All actor's in Shakespeare's time were _____________, and female roles were played by boys
whose voices hadn't broken.
34. Actors, who had to travel around a lot, had a very low ________________ in society.
35. The Globe Theatre had a __________________ through which actors could come up to the
stage or go down beneath it.