Acting as a Profession
This feeling would not be given to actors by most people.
What is respect?
People would throw this at the stage if they disliked the play.
What is rotten fruit?
A single character telling information to the audience that no other characters within the play are aware of
What is an aside?
Because they caught the audience's attention, most of the money in a performance would be spent on these.
What are costumes?
Theater was unpopular because most plays were based on stories from this text.
What is the Bible?
A type of poem Shakespeare was famous for writing.
What is a sonnet?
The roles of women in plays would often be performed by these people.
Who are young boys?
People who would sit in the cheapest seats, on the ground in front of the stage.
What are groundlings?
A dramatic technique in which a character talks aloud their inner thoughts to themselves.
What is a soliloquy?
In addition to singing and dancing, many actors would need to learn this skill.
What is fencing?
One of the most popular types of plays performed in the 15 and 1600s.
What are dramas, comedies, or tragedies?
A story involving singing, acting, and dancing, usually performed for he upper class.
What is a masque?
Most plays were performed by either professional actors or these people.
Who are university students?
Despite it not being a respected or appreciated profession, this monarch was known to be a fan of theatre in during her reign.
Who is Queen Elizabeth I?
The "rhythm" in which many of Shakespeare's plays and poems were written.
What is Iambic Pentameter?