Theaters Of Shakespeare's

The Rose Theatre was in Southern London. The Newington Butts Theatre is located in Surrey, London. The Curtain Theatre was the second largest theater in all of London. The Swan Theatre was south of the Thames Theatre, and close to the Rose Theatre. Inn yards were outside of London Walls. The noblemen did not attend playhouses. It was not uncommon for Shakespeare and the Chamberlain's Men to perform at the country houses and estates of the nobility. The Inns of Court are four law schools in London, namely the Inner Temple, the Middle Temple, Gray's Inn, and Lincoln's Inn. Royal Palaces, Shakespeare and the Chamberlain's Men would on occasion be requested to perform at court.

Bibliography
Shakespeare’s Theatres Online

Difference Of Theaters In Shakespeare's Time And Modern Time

The theaters of our time are different from the theaters of Shakespeare time period, because of how they were set up. In Shakespeare’s time, theaters didn’t have roofs and the performances were held during the afternoon at 2 PM through 3 PM, during the summer. The main reason performances was held during this time was they had no artificial light, like we do today and they had to relie on the sun to light the stage. Seating mainly depended on where you stood in society; a penny would get you a standing place in front of the stage, two pennies would get a chair and 3 pennies would get you a seat with a pillow. Seating is much different in theaters today. Seats are set up in rows. Theaters during Shakespeare's time also were not decerated as much, as todays stages, this was mainly for the owners to save a bit more money when making the stage. These were the main differences between modern day theater and theater in Shakespeares time.

Bibliography
http://www.kvhigh.com/documents/notes/costain_smith/theatre.html

Theatre Design

The designs of Shakespear's Theatre were very creative, and intelligently structured. Timber was used to help make the roof of the theatre, when it first opened. Eventually the theatre wore down, and it was replaced with a tile ceiling, which ultimately made the whole entire theatre look better. The theatre's base shape was a hexogonal structure. The theatre contained a courtyard and semicircular galleries that could hold more the 1,500 people when combined together. The theatre also had a outer stage, and a inner stage. The outer stage was a rectangular platform that projected into the courtyard from the back wall. The inner stage was the recess between the two projecting wings at the very back of the outer stage. Underneath the floors of the inner and outer stages was the cellar. The cellar was a very big room and it had many access points from several different trap doors. There were then three levels of the tiring house. The first level was used as the inner stage, when it was needed. The second level of the tiring house conained a balcony used for several different purposes, and the third level contained a central music gallery and two large lofts. The large lofts were used as dressing rooms, and contained a lot of clothing inside of them. Overall, the structure of the theatre was very well designed, and made all of the performances look a lot better, than if there were not as many rooms with such great structures.

Bibliography
Mabillard, Amanda. Shakespeare's Globe. Shakespeare Online. 2000. (10/23/2007). <>