Elizabthan England T3

Question 1

Entertainment for rich

Answer 1

Hunting, archery, hawking (falcon or hawk sit on trainers arm with a blind cap on, cap then would be removed and bird would fly to kill prey and return, wore tracking device

Question 2

Entertainment for lower classes

Answer 2

Wandering bands of strolling players, football

Question 3

Entertainment for all classes

Answer 3

Dancing, music and singing, ball games (tenniss, skittles)

Question 4

Bands of strolling players

Answer 4

Toured the country, did performances/shows, common themes includes adventures of Robin Hood, where the poor triumphed over the poor

Question 5

Cruel sports

Answer 5

Cock fighting, bull baiting, bear baiting, bets were made

Question 6

Who opposed theatres and why

Answer 6

Puritans, thought it was sinful, authories concerned over public health, law and order

Question 7

When was the theatre built

Answer 7

1576

Question 8

Design of theatre

Answer 8

Open space in centre with a raised stage. Theatres were round, external was plain in colour and dsign, internal was colourful

Question 9

Ticket prices were cheap for the

Answer 9

Poor to stand in the pit

Question 10

Whos plays were often performed in theatre

Answer 10

Shakespeare

Question 11

Who was theatre for and why

Answer 11

All classes as it was cheap and popular

Question 12

Why did authories oppse theatre

Answer 12

It attracted beggars and pickpockets and spreading of disease

Question 13

Why did puritans oppose theatre

Answer 13

Considered theatre the work of the devil, plays lacked morals and decency