Elizabethan Theatre Research In Comparison To Modern Day

Elizabethan Theatre

Elizabethan Theatre and Modern Theatre have some very different principles and over the years standards have changed. Below is a table showing the differences between the two.

Shakespeare fun facts. Jessica E. Mularski. Elizabethan Theatre. [Online] Available from: https://sites.google.com/site/shakespearefunfact/elizabethan-theater [Accessed: 06/01/15]

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What this table and information has shown me is that there are still some things in the past that are similar to theatre nowadays for example there are still matinee and afternoon performances nowadays like there were back in Elizabethan times. A big difference is that In the Elizabethan times people were expected to see a new play everyday that they went to the theatre. This therefore doesn't happen in the present day as shows run for months or years at a time In the same theatre or even do transfers of the same show to a different theatre meaning that there isn't as big of a demand on playwriters to write a new show everyday. A very big change in theatre over the years is now the fact that women and men now have an equal role in the theatre. Before only men were allowed to perform and men had to play the roles of women. Now leading ladies and female roles are extremely important in the theatre and there isn't a divide in gender as it is equal.