Chapter 3-Popular entertainment Flashcards
How were the rich entertained?
Through feasts, jousts, and sporting events like hose-racing
How were the poor entertained?
Through travelling fairs and wandering bands
Three examples of cruel sport
Bear-baiting
Bull-baiting
cockfighting
Why did theatre companies start to form?
In 1572 wandering bands were banned. They had to have a licence granted from the lord chamberlain. This started more organise theatre companies to start.
Why did theatres begin to be built?
Inns and pubs became to small to perform in so theatre companies need larger permanent locations to perform.
Name a famous Elizabethan Playwright (not Shakespeare)
Christopher Marlowe
Which religious group opposed the theatre?
Puritans
Why did the authorities oppose theatres?
Large gatherings of crowds created civil disturbance.
Define bear-baiting
Where a bear would be chained up and attacked by dog. Spectators would bet which dog would last the longest.
Define bull-baiting.
A bull would be tied by rope and bulldogs would attack it. Spectators would bet on the outcome of the match.
