DRILL What is one thing that you learned about Shakespeare yesterday that you DID NOT know before?

REVIEW- What was the acting company that Shakespeare belonged to?

- The Lord Chamberlain’s Men

- What was the group renamed?

- The King’s Men

- Name one of Shakespeare’s plays.

- (Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, MacBeth)

- What was Shakespeare’s theatre called?

- The Globe

OBJECTIVEToday we will focus on

Shakespeare’s Theatre:

The Globe

THE GLOBE THEATRE1598

ORIGINThe Theatre was the original playhouse for Lord Chamberlain’s Men

Dispute over land caused the house to be taken down

It was re-created by Shakespeare and his men as The Globe

STRUCTUREGlobe was a small theatreMeasured less than 30 meters across (96 ft)

Due to structure, it could hold between 2,000 & 3,000 people

… The largest theatre in London TODAY seats 1,160

STRUCTURE Closed, Octagonal Shape (8 sides) Open courtyard where the stage stood

Tiered galleries around the open area accommodated the wealthier patrons who could afford seats

Lower classes--the "groundlings"--stood around the stage during the performance of a play.

The space under and behind the stage was used for special effects, storage, and costume changes.

PLAYSPlaybills posted to announce coming plays

Flag flown to signal the event that day

Trumpet used to signal the beginning of the play

Signs hung if play or theatre was closed due to plague threat

INTERESTING FACTS Admission cost 1 cent for ground level

Best seats cost $7 Actresses were not allowed

Female parts were played by men

Venn DiagramCompare the theater in Shakespeare’s day to a movie in modern-day

•What’s the same?

•What’s different?

LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION!

Look for examples of all that we have discussed over the past few days in these next video clips

Write down on your drill sheet every time you see an example