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Globe Theater

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where an aside was delivered. Used for supports for the Heavens.

(a)  

2.

ceiling over the stage that protected the actors from sun/rain and was painted to look like the night sky

(a)  

3.

Dressing room and storage room. Actors rested in between scenes and could change costumes.

(a)  

4.

balcony/bedroom scenes

(a)  

5.

Three levels of covered seating. Paid more to sit here and cost more the higher up you sat.

(a)  

6.

"Apron" --where the main action of the play took place

(a)  

7.

Used for indoor scenes.

(a)  

8.

"Pit" groundlings paid a penny to stand here

(a)  

9.

signified which type of play was being performed

(a)  

10.

actors playing ghosts or witches could rise or descend through this door built into the main stage

(a)  

11.

"box office" Where you would pay to see a performance and enter

(a)  

12.

built of stone/brick because the Globe was built on wet, marshy land close to the Thames River

(a)  

13.

What color flag would signify a history play?

(a)  

14.

What would the ghost from Hamlet use to enter and exit the main stage?

(a)  

15.

Those sitting in the gallery could pay an extra penny for

a)

a bed

b)

a cushion

c)

Globe merch

d)

a backstage pass

16.

Shakespeare was

a)

not known for writing sonnets

b)

married to a much younger woman

c)

spoiled as a child

d)

a shareholder (part owner) in the Globe