theatre in the elizabethan era

Actors in the Elizabethan time period were not legitimate unless they were sponsored by nobility.

• true

• false

Actors in the Elizabethan era were...

• men only

• women only

• both men and women

What three genres did Shakespeare write in?

• tradegy,history, comedy

• romance and drama

Check off all who were playwrights during the Elizabethan time period.

• Christopher Marlowe

• William Shakespeare

• Ben Jonson

• Adele Laurie Blue Adkins

What type of stage was in the Globe Theatre?

• thrust

• arena

• found

How many levels of seating were in the theater?

• 3

• 9

• 5

• 10

What was the name for the audience members who paid one penny to pay to stand in the pit and watch the show?

• groundlings

• the pit

• nobles