Including the commedia dell’arte
- Large square stage—lines repeated to each side
- Open air –no lighting
- Noisy audience –no microphone
- Alternative distractions available –ale sellers, bear baiting, prostitutes plying their trade, hot pie sellers etc
- Tiered seating –upper classes in higher rows, social class distinctions
- Few props
- 1 penny, quite expensive, could be a day’s wage
- few women I audience
- no women in the cast – so love scenes????
- The Commedia dell’arte:
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