Shakespeares Globe Theatre And

Hamlet

By: Tess Eubank

Have you or anyone you know gone the famous Globe Theatre? No? The Globe Theatre

was amazing; everyone wanted to see the plays. Everyone in London would come and see it. It was

designed by William Shakespeare. The audience, however, was a different story. All of the

audience expected good plays. If they did not like the play or a specific actor, they would throw

food or boo at them. The poor people would stand in what is called the open yard. However, they were called groundlings or stinkards. In addition, they could throw food, but they could actually touch the actors, too. They could trip an actor if they wanted to. Therefore, that is how it

was back then in the 1500s.

The Audience

1. Flag- announces what kind of play

it is

2. The Heavens- the roof over the

stage

3. Tiring house- where actors change

4. Upper stage- for balcony scenes

5. Galleries- where the audience sat

6. Main stage- where the main

action was

7. Inner stage- for indoor scenes

8. Open yard-where groundlings

would stand

9. Support pillars- marble-like

supporting the roof

10. Trap door- for dramatic

entrances

11. Entrance- where a person would

and collect pennies

12. Brick foundation- keeps the

water out from the river

Hamlets father was murdered by his own uncle. No one knows that his uncle did

it, Hamlet knows and he seeks revenge on

his uncle. The 14th

century in Elsinore,

Denmark was when this story happened.

The Lion King was actually based on this

story. Hamlets uncle is the King, King

Claudius.

Teaser

Hamlet Scene 1

This is when Horatio is asking Hamlets fathers ghost to speak.