William Shakespeare :: English Literature

William ShakespeareThe GlobeWilliam Shakespeare was one of the most famous play writers of alltime. He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in Eng get more(prenominal) than fourhundred long time ago. At the young age of eighteen Shakespeare wedd awoman by the name of Anne Hathaway whom was eight days older thanhim. Together they had a daughter called Susanna and twins Hamnet andJudith.Shakespeare decided to start traveling and to go to London. Luckilyfor Shakespeare just before he went to London, theatres had beenopened for travelling actors for they werent respected and a man bythe name of James Burbage wanted to change that. He did this so thatactors could gain more dignity. This led to the primary public play kinbeing built in England. This playhouse was a great success and wasvery popular so gradually more and more were built.In a playhouse there were three tiers of galleries which looked downto the tread where most of the audience stood. For it was only a pennyto stand in the ya rd whereas in the gallery benches it was two pence.To sit on cushions in the gentlemens rooms it was three pence and forsix pence the well-off would sit in the Lords room. The stage came bulgeinto the yard and was open to the sky. Over the back of the stage ranan upper stage and beneath the upper stage was what was known as thetiring house. The tiring house was dissembleed from the audience by acurtain which would be drawn back to reveal an inner stage. Therewerent any large curtains to conceal the whole stage so all scenes onthe main stage began with an entrance and ended with an exit so intragedies the dead must be carried away. The fact that there was noscenery meant that there were no limits to the number of scenes aswhen a scene came to an end then the characters would just simply yield the scene.The audiences loved Shakespeares plays. Hundreds of people wouldsqueeze into the theatre with their food and drink to watch. Sadly adeadly plague interrupted the theatres success and meant that for twoyears all playhouses were closed. During this time Shakespeare wroteseveral plays and two long poems.In 1597 the theatre was forced to close after twenty one years for itwas on rented land and the agreement with the landowner had ended. Thelandowner wanted to keep the playhouse to himself and to reuse itsvaluable oak timber but that wasnt the plan of the two brothers who