elizabethan+theater

== The Elizabethan Theatre • === == ====
 * Elizabethan theatre was one of the places William Shakespear showed of his world famous plays.

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 * The Elizabethan Theatre was a booming business. People loved the Theatre! The Elizabethan plays and theatres were as popular as the movies and cinemas of the 20th ce[[image:http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTrE9npQJdP8gDgDUv3yRgOEaJV5ATDcXXD1CxEzitelHv_4Kw&t=1&usg=__ZV4yIL3YDacC_YLrHc-7-T-38pc= width="266" height="249" align="right"]]ntury.

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 * Through the theatre lots of money was made, The inn-keepers increased their profits by allowing plays to be shown on temporary stages which were in the yards of their inns (inn-yards).

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 * During the Elizabethan era only men were allowed to act in the theatre until 1660

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 * Young boys were then hired to act in the female roles- The boys had to wear wigs and lots of make up, but because the make up of this time was lead based, the boys ended up very unhealthy with skin diseases and some actually dieing!

=Many theatres sprang up in and around the City of London. The excitement, money and fame lured Elizabethan theatre employers and actors into working in the famous Elizabethan Theatre. =

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 * the most famous theatres in the Elizabethan era were the Globe, the Theatre, Newington Butts, the Curtain Elizabethan Theatre, the Rose Theatre, the Swan Theatre, the Fortune Elizabethan Theatre, the Boars Head, the Bear Garden, the Bull Ring and the Hope Elizabethan Theatre

=__James Burbage __=

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 * James Burbage was the famous theatrical employer who was responsible for the introduction of the theatre in London including the Globe Theatre.

Clothing worn in the Elizabethan period: = = __﻿__ =__ The Meaning of Colours and Materials in the theatre: __=
 * The materials of this time were luxurious and covered a whole variety of colors.
 * it was said by the law of this time that ordinary Elizabethans were not able to wear the latest fashions.
 * Fashionable clothes would only be seen at a distance, when wealthy nobles or Royalty were in view! Costumes in the Elizabethan Theatre would therefore double as a fashion show!

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 * purple - The colour associated with royalty since the days of the Roman Emperors.

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 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">Nearly every color of clothing had its own meaning during the Elizabethan era, And this meaning was also understood by the audience.

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 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">The types of materials and fabrics would give the audiance an idea on what the play was about.

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 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">Many of the plays had historical themes featuring the royalty and nobles of the land.

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 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">Elizabethan Nobles and Upper classes wore clothing made of velvets, furs, silks, lace, cottons and taffeta.

=__ Costumes the girls wore : __=

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 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">Underclothes
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">Smock or shift, also calleda chemise made of linen
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">Stockings or hose
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">Corset or bodice
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt; text-align: justify;">Farthingale - a hooped skirt
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt; text-align: justify;">Roll or Rowle
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">Stomacher
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">Petticoat
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">Kirtle[[image:framptonwiki541a:golden-elizabethan-dress.jpg width="300" height="400" align="right"]]
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">Forepart
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">Partlet
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">Over Clothes
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">Gown
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">Separate sleeves
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">Ruff
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">Cloak
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">Shoes
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">Hat