Harvan
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- Flag
- form of advertising-->play that day. Trumpet would announce starting time. Winter main play season
- Outer Stage
- thrust stage. apron stage. surrounded by audience on three sids
- The Hell
- trapdoor (entrance for devils, ghosts, etc.)
- The Heavens
- roof over stage. Trapdoor (entrance for angels, etc.)
- Inner Stage
- alcove. similar to moderm proscenuim stage. often used to represent interior rooms. bad sight-lines
- Upper Stage
- balcony. Most frequently used as musicians room. Often used to represent upper-storied rooms.
- Tiring House
- dressing room
- The Hut
- Attic. Housed a cannon. used as storage for costumes and props
- The yard
- Pit. Standing room for groundlings, capacity- 1000. very rowdy and exposed to weather.
- Groundlings
- penny-stinkards. very rowdy. enjoyed action and comedy.
- Galleries
- protected by weather, seating--> wooden benches, costs 2 cents, no limit of people--rather cramped.
- Props
- very limited. stools, chairs, tables, beds, cannons, torches, and swords
- Scenery
- very limited. originally expensive and difficult to transport. Audience expected to use imagination and was more accustomed to doing so
- Special Effects
- very limited. smoke, cannon, trapdoors.
- Lighting
- non-existant. Plays held in afternoon so no light needed
- Make-up
- none- except to make boys look like women. unnecessary because of light
- "Actresses"
- non-existant. Not a proper occupation. Female parts played by young men/boys
- Action
- Sword fighting, fencing
- Proscenium
- one side for audience, covered with a curtain
- Lords Room
- runs across top of the stage, used by aristocray, they could be seen as well as the actors from very close
- Gentelmans Rooms
- Middle gallery closest to stage, used by richer patrons, costs 3 cents, cushined chairs, excellent view
- Costumes
- very extravigant, originally easy to transport, used over and over