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During the Elizabethan age, with the booming of economy and the peace of

policy, play is very popular to British people. However, at the beginning,there was

no theater for actors to perform. Instead ,they moved to different places to give a

show as long as there are audience.

But this lead to security problems and the spread of diseases so the

government ordered the theater company stop moving around. So the first

“ theater” came into being and then more and more appeared,such as the Rose

theater, the Swan theater and the Globe theater. Though the theaters have some

their own characteristics ,they have some analogies. And today I’d like to take the

Globe theater as an example to share something about British theaters at that

time.

Now let us pay a visit to the Globe theater,the most interesting place of all the

theaters, for it is here that Shakespeare’s company acted. If you watch the play in

the play house you can feel the charm of Shakespeare as if you were in his era.

Here’s the tourist’s comment and feeling. The Globe theater was built in 1599

by Shakespeare's playing here many of his plays were first seen on

the stage.

As we can see it’s located in the south of Thames river. And here is the Swan

theater and it’s the Rose theater.

Here comes the structure sketch of the Globe theater. The Globe's actual

dimensions are unknown, but some scholars inquired that it was a three-story,

open-air theater approximately 100 feet (30 m). It could hold up to 3,000

spectators. The theater was a polygon of 20 it’s mainly made of lime

（石灰）wood and the roof is mainly made of thatch(茅草) so it’s very easy to be

on rectangular platform is the stage. At the base of the stage, there was an

area called the pit（凹陷，井）where, for a penny, people would stand on the

rush-strewn earthen（陶制的） floor to watch the performance. As you can see, the

stage is very close to the audience, so it’s easier for audience to understand the

plots and feel the actor’s stage measured approximately 43 feet

(13.1 m) in width, 27 feet (8.2 m) in depth and was raised about 5 feet (1.5 m) off

the ground. On this stage, there was a trap door（地板或者屋顶上的活门） for use by

performers to enter from the "cellarage（地窖）" area beneath the stage. The

back wall of the stage had two or three doors on the main level, with a curtained

inner stage in the centre (although not all scholars agree about the existence of

this supposed "inner below"),[34] and a balcony above it.

The Globe's actual dimensions are unknown, but its shape and size can be

approximated from scholarly inquiry over the last two centuries. The evidence

suggests that it was a three-storey, open-air amphitheatre approximately 100 feet

(30 m) in diameter that could house up to 3,000 spectators. The theatre a polygon

of 20 sides.

At the base of the stage, there was an area called the pit（凹陷，井）, (or, harking

back to the old inn-yards, yard) where, for a penny, people (the "groundlings")

would stand on the rush-strewn earthen（陶制的） floor to watch the performance.

During the excavation（挖掘 开掘） of the Globe in 1989 a layer of nutshells was

found, pressed into the dirt flooring so as to form a new surface layer. Vertically

around the yard were three levels of stadium-style seats, which were more

expensive than standing room. A rectangular stage platform, also known as an

apron stage(台唇，突出舞台的那部分).……as you can see, the stage is very close to

the audience, so it’s easier for audience to understand the plots and feel the

actor’s stage measured approximately 43 feet (13.1 m) in width, 27

feet (8.2 m) in depth and was raised about 5 feet (1.5 m) off the ground. On this

stage, there was a trap door（地板或者屋顶上的活门） for use by performers to enter

from the "cellarage（地窖）" area beneath the stage.

The back wall of the stage had two or three doors on the main level, with a

curtained inner stage in the centre (although not all scholars agree about the

existence of this supposed "inner below"),and a balcony above it. The doors

entered into the "tiring house" (backstage area) where the actors dressed and

awaited their entrances.

The floors above may have been used as storage for costumes and props and

management balcony housed the musicians and could also be used for

scenes requiring an upper space, such as the balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet.

Rush matting covered the stage, although this may only have been used if the

setting of the play demanded columns（柱子） on either side of the stage

supported a roof over the rear（后部） portion of the stage. The ceiling（天花板）

under this roof was called the "heavens," and was painted with clouds and the sky.

A trap door in the heavens enabled performers to descend using some form of

rope and harness（缰绳）.