Elizabethan theatre stage

Influences the Elizabethan theatre - Medieval theatre, mystery and morality plays, Greek tragedy, Biblical themes, Masques and Commedia dell Arte. Queen Elizabeth 1st expected to see a different play each day.

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An Elizabethan theater--restoration. The courtyards of London inns often served as playhouses before regular theaters were built. These inn yards furnished many suggestions for the early theaters, as the picture shows...

Stage at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre

(1766) Illustration stage design / stage with scene of a military camp, Castle theatre - Illustration: Cesky Krumlov, Photo: Véroslav Skrabánek.

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Elizabethan theater.

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Shakespeare’s Globe (England). 'Few London experiences can beat a Bard’s eye view of the stage at the recreated Globe and it’s even more fun to get a ticket to stand (Elizabethan style). But if you want a more comfortable perspective on Shakespeare, pay a bit more and grab one of the seats in the galleries. The theatre is a triumph of authenticity, right down to the nail-less construction.' http://www.lonelyplanet.com/england/london/sights/historic-theatre/shakespeares-globe

Costumes during this time period were often bright in color, visually entrancing, and expensive. Due to the fast-paced nature of the plays and their runs, there was sometimes not even enough time to create period specific costumes for the actors. As a result, the actors wore contemporary and not period specific clothing for the plays. Occasionally costumes were donated to actors by patrons, but more often than not, actors wore the clothes of their day.

It’s official: pictures in the Folger’s Digital Image Collection are now licensed CC BY-SA! That is, they can be used under a Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0 International License, one of the two Creative Commons licenses “approved for free cultural works.” That’s almost 80,000 images, and counting.

A marionette theatre with puppets and props made in Italy about 1734

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