popular entertainment elizabeth

Question 1

Example of cruel sport (3)

Answer 1

• bear and bull baiting
• bear garden
• cockfighting

Question 2

rich entertainment

Answer 2

hawking
hunting
archery

Question 3

entertainment for all classes

Answer 3

dancing
music
tennis
bowls

Question 4

lower class entertainment

Answer 4

travelling fairs
football
wandering band of players

Question 5

What are the band of strolling players?

Answer 5

• Wandering bands toured the country.
• Townsfolk, farmers, tradesmen and
  families watched their performances.

Question 6

why is the band of strolling players significant

Answer 6

Common themes include the adventures
of Robin Hood, where the poor triumphed
over the rich.

Question 7

who were bands of strolling players percieved as

Answer 7

• vagabonds
• 1572 law banned strolling players unless they had a license

Question 8

3 theatres built in elizabethan times

Answer 8

the globe
swan
rose

Question 9

3 elizabethan playwrights

Answer 9

shakespeare
marlowe
kyd

Question 10

elizabethan theatre appearance

Answer 10

round with open space in line with stage

Question 11

themes of elizabethan plays

Answer 11

tragedy
revenge
comedy

Question 12

why did authorities oppose the theatre

Answer 12

caused civil disturbance and beggars/pickpocketers to engage in crime

Question 13

why did the puritans oppose the theatre

Answer 13

‘encouraged’ people to be sinful
theatre = work of devil/ lack of morals

Question 14

what is hawking

Answer 14

hawk would sit on a trainers arm with a blind cap on.

when cap removed bird would fly off and kill prey then return

Question 15

when were men expected to practise archery?

Answer 15

after church on a sunday

they practised with the long bow and the crossbow

Question 16

what popular entertainment was added to elizabeths royal progress?

Answer 16

bear baiting shows

Question 17

what is bear baiting

Answer 17

Bears were chained by the neck and dogs
were released to attack and anger the bear.

Bets were placed on which dog would
survive the longest before the bear killed it.

Question 18

what is cockfighting

Answer 18

a fight between two birds but (sometimes up to 20) were added into the ring
and fight to the death.

Bets were placed.