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Elizabethan London

Overview

Question: How many people lived in Stratford-Upon-Avon during Shakespeare's time?
Answer: 1,500 people



Question: How many years of apprenticeship is required before one could set up trade of his own account?
Answer: 7 years



Question: What are two main aspects of Stratford-Upon-Avon?
Answer: It is an important market town and an important regional center

Question: What were the two main influences for country houses?
Answer: Adopted from the Italian Renaissance with heavy Dutch influence

Question: What are the 6 social classes of Elizabethan times and what is the queen considered to be?
Answer: 1. Monarchy
2. Nobility
3. Gentry
4. Merchants
5. Yeomanry
6. Laborers
The queen is considered to be a presentation from God 


Other Entertainment

Question: What games were extremely popular in that era?
Answer: Chess, checkers, and tennis

Question: What were the favorite activities of the masses?
Answer: Going to the theatre and dances and going to pubs for sing-a-longs

Question: What activity forbid plays to be performed?
Answer: Bear-baiting

Question: When acting was outlawed, where did actors go to find jobs?
Answer: To the countryside to entertain farmers



Question: What are three days dedicated to feasting? 
Answer: Mad Day
Mid-Summer Day
Ascension Day


Theatre

Question: What kind of people could understand Shakespeare's plays?
Answer: It was accessible to everyone

Question: What play did Shakespeare write for King James I?
Answer: Macbeth 

Question: What time of the day were plays performed?
Answer: In the afternoon when there was still daylight

Question: How did performers set the scene?
Answer: Theatres had very little scenery. Instead, actors used words to set the stage

Question: Who were at the bottom of the acting hierarchy and what did they do?
Answer: Boy apprentices. Sometimes they were allowed to act in menial roles or play the female characters 

Parts of the Theatre

Question: Who was in charge and profited the most from the companies success?
Answer: Shareholders and general managers

Question: Who were employed by the managers and became permanent members of the company?
Answer: Actors



Question: How many different plays were usually performed each week?
Answer: 6

Question: What did the audience do during the plays? 
Answer: Eat, drink, walk around, and talk during the performances

Question: Were women a part of Shakespearean plays?
Answer: No women were played by men or young boys

Enemies and Protectors

Question: Why did Puritans oppose the Globe Theatre?
Answer: It encompassed a new form of entertainment that many Puritans thought to be immoral

Question: Who were the rivals of the King's Men and who was their patron?
Answer: Admiral's Men. Lord Howard

Question: When did Lord Chamberlain's Men become the King's Men?
Answer: Until the accession of James the I in 1603

Question: When did the King's Men cease to exist?
Answer: The outbreak of the Civil War in 1642

Question: What were the strict laws that were enforced by the Puritans in 1647 and strengthened in 1648?
Answer: All theatres and playhouses were forced to be pulled down, all actors to be seized and whipped, and anyone found attending a play to be fined 5 shillings