How were Shakespeare's plays performed?

Question

what ere they like

Answer 1

Well i know they preformed the music with Water in Milkbottles :)

HA

Answer 2

When I went to school(a looooong time ago  LOL) my teacher said theaters in those days didn't allow women to be actors, so feminine looking boys or men were used to portray the female roles.  The theater in Avon, ( Shakespeare was known as the bard of Avon)  was a theater in the round.  The stage was in the center and the audience watched from all around and there were balconies all around too, where people could stand.  This was good for when they didn't like the performance and they would throw rotten produce on the stage.

Answer 3

they were perfored on a curved stage and teenage boys played the role of women

Answer 4

No women, that is for sure.

if you catch "Shakespeare in Love", you get an excellent replication of what it was like

Answer 5

usually on a stage , with actors. no actresses. some are good ,some are boring. I like the ones with lots of s*x and violence.

Answer 6

In iambic pentameter, although this changed for less important people. Spells were chanted 7 syllables on a line.

Answer 7

They havent changed since they were first written. What do you mean ?

Answer 8

Generally acted by actors and actresses, although only male actors initially, in theatres on stage with an audience. Like most plays duh!!

Answer 9

They were performed on a stage without a proscenium arch. There were no curtains, so if anyone died on stage, Shakespeare had to think out some way of getting the corpse off the stage. Women's parts were played by young boys, which explains why, for example, Portia in the Merchant of Venice disguises herself as a man.

Answer 10

really really funny. not co of the old speaking but the plays are mainly comedies that i have see. i like the twelf night and a winters tale the best

Answer 11

Shakespeare's plays were performed outside in the Globe theatre.  Men/boys were the only actors.  They did not have big elaborate set pieces or lighting.  If it was "night" someone would come out on stage and declare "It's night" or something of the sort.  There were some special effects that were used, that actually caused the globe to catch fire more than once.  There were trapdoors in the floor and fly space up above, a balcony that was used in many instances, etc.   Everyone came to see Shakespeare's plays, even the poor people.  They were called the groundlings, and they paid one penny to see Shakespeare's shows.  They would stand in the area around the stage.  Many of Shakespeare's plays open with jokes of a sexual nature, and this is to attract the attention of the groundlings, who often found those jokes hilarious.  Often times, if the plays were not liked, people would bring food and throw it at the performers.  That's why you sometimes see that tradition in cartoons, it actually occurred in Shakespeare's time.

Answer 12

Pretty much as they are now, although the female parts would traditionally have been played by men.