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WorksheetsThe Elizabethan Theatre
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
English drama matured during
the Elizabethan Age
the Medieval Age
the Classical Age
English drama especially developed during the reign of
The responsibility for great theatrical achievement of the time falls on
playwrights
actors
governments
audiences
theater buildings
Before Elizabethan times,
there were many theaters in England.
performance companies traveled to the places where they could find audiences.
players performed in the courtyards of inns.
audiences watched from the courtyards' grounds or from balconies.
Before Elizabethan times, the places for performances looked like this:
The first playhouse in England was built by an actor named
James Burbage
Christopher Marlowe
William Shakespeare
The first theatre in London was called
the Globe
the Swan
the Theatre
By the time the first theatre was built in London,
the most prominent members of the community disliked actors.
the most prominent members of the community loved actors.
In those days, actors were very popular among
higher classes
common people
The first theatre of London
was built in 1597
was closed in 1597
was built in 1598
Shakespeare himself invested money in the building of
the Theatre
the Globe
Even though there is no surviving evidence, it is believed that the Globe was
wooden
square
rounded or somehow eliptical
Performances during Elizabethan times might have had audiences reaching to 3,000 people.
True
False
To enjoy a performance, the audiences paid
the same amount of money for every place in the theatre.
different amounts of money that granted them access to different places in the theater.
During performances, the members of the audience
watched quietly from their seats
might be eating and drinking
remained quiet and standing
The original Globe
caught fire during a performance of Henry VIII
burned to the ground
was closed by the acting company after the investors divided their profits
caught fire when a cannon was fired
The Globe's fire started because
it had no walls
its roof was made of plastic
its roof was made of thatch
An early sketch of the Swan looks like this:
