Shakespeare stage
The Shakespeare stage ( public playhouse ) was an English theater design of Elizabethan theater of the late 16th and early 17th centuries .
The Shakespeare stage consists of:
- a neutral and decoration-free front stage that protrudes into the auditorium and can be viewed from three sides.
- a small back stage with curtain or door (s) on the back of the stage of the round or square theater building. It can be used to indicate interior spaces.
- an upper stage which is in fact part of the spectator gallery, d. In other words, it is either available for spectator boxes or, if necessary, used as a balcony-like playing area.
The scene of the event is described in more detail by the drama characters and is evoked solely in the audience's imagination. This principle of style in Elizabethan theater is also known as the “word backdrop”.
Most of the spectators were accommodated in galleries arranged one above the other. The interior could only hold a few spectators due to the far in front of the front stage and was reserved for the lower stands.
The most famous stage in this construction is the Globe Theater , in which William Shakespeare was a partner, and in which all of his works were performed. It was built in Southwark near the River Thames in 1599 . It was destroyed by fire in 1613 and subsequently rebuilt. However, in 1642 it was closed by the Puritan government and demolished in 1644. A faithful replica of the theater was created in 1997 in London . This theater now has 1,500 seats; the historic Globe Theater had 3,000 seats. In 1986 the Royal Shakespeare Company opened the Swan Theater in Stratford-upon-Avon, a theater modeled on the Shakespeare stage.
Web links
- Shakespeare's Globe online (English)