theatre

• what plays became more popular?

  vulgar comadies
• what was the first theatre?

  red lion
• when was 'the theatre' built?

  1576
• what roles did men play?

  all roles including women roles
• what were the audience allowed to do?

  boo and throw things at actors
• how much did tickets in the pit cost?

  1 penny
• how much did tickets in the covered galleries cost?

  2 or 3 pennies
• was theatre an upper class or lower class leisure activity?

  both
• why did some oppose the theatre?

  encourage idleness and spread diseases
• what did the puritans think about theatre?

  it was the work of the devil
• what were the first plays to be performed?

  religious
• why were theatres built outside of London?

  to stop interference
• what was the first successful comedy?

  jew of malta
• what did all acting companies have to have?

  a royal license and play scripts had to be sent to the master of revels
• why did acting companies have to have a royal license?

  queen worried religious or political messages would be spread that criticised her government