Theater Life Public Theater - Open air repertory system - rarely act same play 2 days in a row- unlike today Include only males Performed in afternoon-No artificial lighting. When getting dark use lit candles until end of play Plays contain little/no scenery- Actors describe through the play street theater - temp. stage and performs to the "passer-by".to attract attention- improvisation and adapting comic sketch to suit responses from audience- to catch attention groundlings stand - cheapest- 5lbs best sound=most expensive.all about the acoustics top of stage reps heavenstage itself-earthunder stage reps hell Globe theater burned down 2- hard to get permission to rebuild- took 8 years to get permission LOADING AWESOME LOADING AWESOME
Shutdowns "Nest of the devil" Puritans believe shut down Theater Theater banned in the cityCentered outside of LondonBannedplague-1572 LOADING AWESOME
Companies/Production Once play sold to company writer no linger owned it- had no control over casting/performance/revision/publication. Playwrights get proceeds of one day performance and increments during writing process LOADING AWESOME