| Term | Definition |
|---|
| What two ways did actors sometime speak to their audience? | Soliloquies and asides |
| Who was opposed to the theatres? | Clergy and Politicians |
| Why were they opposed to the theatres? | It was a dangerous diversion from religion |
| What happened as a result of the opposition to the theatre? | Theatres were banned and moved to Southwark |
| How did audiences know there was a play going on that day? | They blew a trumpet and raised a colored flag. |
| What does a trumpet signify? | A play was to be held that day. |
| What type of play will be held if they display a black flag? | Tragedy |
| What type of play will be held if they display a blue flag? | No category exists |
| What type of play will be held if they display a white with a skull flag? | This is a pirate flag. No official category exists |
| What type of play will be held if they display a red flag? | History |
| What type of play will be held if they display a white flag? | Comedy |
| Where were the flags raised (location of Globe)? | Southwark |
| The term box office came from the days they kept their money in their shoes and they used a wooden box as slippers (true or false)? | False |
| What is the name of the people who sat on the floor in the pit? | No one sat on the floor. |
| What is the name of the people who stood on the floor in the pit? | Groundlings |
| What is the alternative nickname for the groundlings? | Penny Stinkards |
| What did the Elizabethans smell like? | Sweat, beer, and garlic |
| What is the name of Shakespeare's theater? | Globe |
| What is the nickname for the globe theater? | The Wooden O |
| How did the audience know the time and place? | Actor's words |
| What were the names of the three tiers that made up the stage? | Heavevn, earth and hell |
| What was held in the heavens? | Deus ex Machina, actors, and hanging scenary |
| What was above the heavens? | the hut aka the prop house |
| What was kept in the prop house? | Prop and Sound Effects |
| What was located on earth? | Actors |
| What was hell used for? | To allow actors to escape, hide floor scenary, and to allow for devil characters to emerge from under the floor. |
| True or false: Queen Elizabeth once played the lead role of Juliet in "Romeo and Juliet." | False |
| How many performances were typically given in a 6 month period? | 150 |
| How many different plays were performed in a 6 month period? | 25-30 |
| How many lines a day did an actor have to memorize? | 800-3000 |
| True or False: Shakespeare theatre is now in its third version on the River Thames. | True |
| When did the Puritans close down the Globe? | 1642 |
| When did the Puritans take down the Globe? | 1644 |
| True and False: The Globe burned down when lightening lit the roof on fire. | False |
| What did the Globe burn down? | 1613 |
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