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Colors of clothing
Theatres
Materials of clothing
Props
Design of clothing
100
These laws dictated the color, fabric and material men and women wore.
What are the Sumptuary Laws?
100
This cobbled courtyards of Inns, which could accommodate as many as 500 people, was the start of Elizabethan Theatres.
What were the Inn-Yards?
100
This fashion piece started as a high frilled collar then dictated a more feminine and seductive image for women, by opening in front to expose the neck and the top of the breasts as well as framing the face and dictating hairstyles.
What is a ruff?
100
This backstage area of the theatre housed most of the props and instruments used in plays.
What is the tiring house?
100
This fashion style ranged roughly from 1560 to 1615.
When was Elizabethan fashion?
200
This color was worn by man or women who were recognised as a member of royalty.
What is the color purple?
200
This area was located at the base of the stage, where, for a penny, people - known as "groundlings" - would stand to watch while eating hazelnuts during performances.
What was the pit?
200
The trim on these clothing pieces were designed and positioned to enhance the geometric, triangular, shape of broad shoulders and a slim waist and were fastened at the front.
What is a doublet?
200
This prop was often used to signal the beginning of the play.
What is a trumpet?
200
This clause applied to actors and their costumes which were licensed so they could wear clothing of higher status in performances.
What is the Get Out Clause?
300
This color was used by archers and also named after the town where it originated
What is Lincoln Green?
300
With a capacity for 3000 spectators, this theatre was built of flint concrete, and its wooden supporting columns were so cleverly painted that they would deceive the most acute observer into thinking that they were marble, giving the playhouse a "Roman" appearance.
What is the Swan Theatre?
300
These types of pants that were worn by men were tucked into their stockings.
What are breaches?
300
This prop was fired during battle and coronation scenes, and was located in the huts of the theatre.
What is a canon?
300
This technique used on clothing would reveal the contrasting layers and colors beneath doublets, sleeves and gowns.
What is slashing?
400
In this year, the color russet - a reddish, brown color - was worn by countrymen.
What was 1512?
400
Known simply as The Theatre, this Elizabethan playhouse located in Shoreditch, just outside the City of London, was built by this actor-manager
Who is James Burbage?
400
This underskirt covered the farthingale and roll and was highly decorated as it formed the front of the gown.
What is a kirtle?
400
This prop was used whenever characters were stabbed in a scene.
What is animal blood?
400
The company usually owned some costumes and reused them as often as possible, however, actors left each other clothes in their wills.
Where did costumes come from?
500
This amount of money was spent a year on costumes by a company. Equivalent of £35,000 in today's money.
How much is £300?
500
The Globe was the principal playhouse of this famous theatre company, later known as King's Men in 1603.
Who are the Lord Chamberlain's Men?
500
Whatever play, and whichever era the play was set in, the actors generally wore the dress of their own time. Perhaps the costumes in a play, such as Julius Caesar, would have been easier to develop as togas are relatively easy to produce. In this instance a combination of Roman clothes and Elizabethan clothing might well have been seen together.
Did costumes reflect the period of the play?
500
These types of props were used by actors and mainly consisted of swords, goblets and suits of armor.
What are hand-held props?
500
In Shakespeare’s time, some natural ingredients, like powdered hogs bones mixed with poppy oil, gave boy actors playing women a pale skin. This could also be produced by mixing poisonous white lead and vinegar in a concoction called ‘ceruse’.
What is stage make-up?