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Elizabethan Theatre
By: Kimberly Chen
Peter Xie
Leo Jiang
Tayler Novotny
Important Historical Events!
• Elizabethan theatre
started in the early
1600s
• William
Shakespeare was
born on April 23,
1564
• 1576 the globe
theater is built in
London
• Theaters close due
to bubonic plague
on both 1593 and
1603
Location
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London, England
Famous Playwrights
William Shakespeare
Ben Jonson
Christopher Marlowe
•English Poet and playwright
•English Renaissance
dramatist, poet and
actor.
•English dramatist, poet and
translator of Elizabethan Era.
• widely regarded the world’s
best greatest writer in the
English language and the
world’s famous dramatist.
•famous for his tragic plays
and blank verse (no iambic
pentameter)
Theatre House& Stage Area
• Open arena - the
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actors would also
get wet if it rained
The Pit
Natural lighting but
some artificial
lighting for night
scenes
Trap Doors were
used to hide actors
from the audience
Globe Theatre
The “Heavens”
Costumes and Make-up
• the actors generally wore
the dress of their own
time.
• Young men were hired to
act in the female roles.
• The materials were
luxurious and covered a
whole variety of colors
• Costumes helped the
audience understand the
action of the play
• Make-up used by boy
actors were made of lead.
Plays Written in the Period
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Elizabethan Plays and
Playwrights were extremely
popular during the
Elizabethan era
The most famous of the
Elizabethan playwright was
William Shakespeare
Many of the Elizabethan
plays are still performed
today.
Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet,
and Midsummer Nights
Dream, all are written in the
Era.