1. Where about in London were the Theatres located? Why? Near the river. Because one they one of this theatre had burned.

2. Name the most important theatres during Elizabethan times.  

   The Globe The Theatre The Curtain Newington Butts The Rose The Swan The Inn Yards Blackfriars Theatre The Royal Palaces

3. Which was the first playhouse in London? Who built it?  Elizabethan playhouse. It was designed and built by James Burbage

4. When was it built ? When was it closed? It opened in 1576. in February 1597, the theatre's lease ended

5. Describe the particular shape of the theatres. Where did they take this shape from ? The theatres were circular, open-air buildings, surrounded an open yard (like the Inn-Yards) with the stage at one end, jutting out into the audience to about half the depth of the theatre; the width was considerably more. Its circular shape, though, reflected not the Roman D but the gatherings of crowds in town marketplaces, where all the players of 1576 got their training.

6. Who controlled the performances on behalf of the government?  In the 1590s this was a man called Edmund Tilney.

7. Why could the theatres be closed down? them outbreaks of the plague, sedition and immorality, which would certainly have included women appearing on stage

8. Who played the parts of women on stage? Why?  An other man, sometimes a young man .

9. Did women attend the theatre?  No, they didn't this was not formally approved of

10. How much did it cost to stand in the yard? And to sit in a gallery? And to have a cushio? And to sit in the lords’ room?  It depense :

To stand in the yard - One penny

To sit in the gallery - Two pennies

To have a cushion - Three pennies

To sit in the Lords' room - Sixpence