Transcript Let’s go see a play at the Globe!

Globe Theater
Globe diagram overview
This is one artist’s sketch of
the Globe Theatre
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one of the first
established theatres
in London
built in 1599 by
Richard and Cuthbert
Burbage
Lord Chamberlain’s
Men - an acting
company that played
there for profit
1. The Lord’s Rooms
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Private box seats
Nobles seated
close to stage,
partly to see,
partly to be seen
6 pence
admission fee
Cushions on the
seats
2. The Balcony
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Upper-level stage area
Scenes such as balconies, towers, battlements
of the castle, heights of a mountainside
Could be sold as
high priced seats
if not needed
for the play
3. Inner Stage
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Behind a curtain
Could stage a
tomb, a cave, an
adjacent room
4. Thrust Stage
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About 50 ft wide, 5 ft high, 20 ft deep
Juts out into the audience so action
can be viewed from three sides
Trap door in floor led to space below
5. Pit or Yard
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Open area for audience to stand
and watch the play
Cost 1 pence admission fee
Open roof allowed weather in from
above
These viewers called “groundlings”
Smelly,
packed,
dirty
6. Hell
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Space below the raised, thrust stage
Storage room for large props
Characters could ascend/descend
through the trap door for ghost,
cemetery, etc. scenes
7. The Tiring Room
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Backstage area
Like a modern day
“green room”
Actors waited for
their next scene,
obtained needed
props, changed
dress, fixed
makeup/wigs
8. The Gallery
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Highest balcony
area over the
stage
Musicians/singers
performed from
this area
9. Hut
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Storage area over
the stage
Sound effects
made here
Pulley/wench
system for
lowering actors
down through the
roof over the
stage
10. White Flag
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Flown on days
a play was
going to be
presented
11. Heavens
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Solid covering over the stage area to
keep actors dry
Painted with symbols of zodiac, sun,
moon, stars
Trapdoor leading to the hut
12. Wardrobe
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Safe storage for expensive, elaborate
costumes
Protected from weather and thieves
Seating galleries
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Bench seats cost
2 pence for
admission
an extra pence
would rent you a
cushion
protected from
bad weather
Good view of the
stage