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And in the pauses of the comedy food and drink are carried round amongst the people and one can thus refresh himself at his own cost." ( Diary of Thomas Platter) Shakespeare's audience would have been composed of tanners, butchers, iron-workers, millers, seamen from the ships docked in the Thames, glovers, servants, shopkeepers, wig-makers ...
Jul 27, 2012 · It all led to me writing my senior thesis about honor and gender roles in Shakespeare’s works. LT: As you mention in your article Shakespeare wrote for the people, but other playwrights of the day such as Ben Jonson were not so accepting of the groundlings. Making a derogatory reference to them in one of his plays, Jonson refers to them as ...
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Groundling. A groundling was a person who visited the Red Lion, The Rose, or the Globe theatres in the early 17th century. [1] They were too poor to pay to be able to sit on one of the three levels of the theatre. If they paid one penny (equivalent to £1 in 2023), they could stand in "the pit", also called "the yard", just below the stage, to ...
Oct 2, 2012 · It is testimony to the enthusiasm of the groundlings that Shakespeare’s plays continued to be performed after his death and survived the Puritan ban of all theatre in 1642.
The word ‘groundlings’ was actually the name of a small fish with a large, gaping mouth. The area where they stood was known as ‘the pit’ or ‘the yard.’. You only paid a penny, but then you had to stand, usually uncomfortably, and often in the pouring rain, crushed against other people, to watch the play. In Shakespeare’s play ...
One visitor, in 1617, described the crowd around the stage as ‘a gang of porters and carters’. Others talked of servants and apprentices spending all their spare time there. But wealthier people were in the audience too. In 1607, the Venetian ambassador bought all the most expensive seats for a performance of Shakespeare’s Pericles.
Romeo and Juliet. How does Shakespeare captivate the groundlings at the start of Romeo and Juliet? PDF Share. Expert Answers. D. Reynolds, M.A. | Certified Educator. Share Cite. Shakespeare...
