William Shakespeare :: English Literature

William ShakespeareThe GlobeWilliam Shakespeare was one of the most famous play writers of entirelytime. He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in England to a greater extent than four one hundred age ago. At the young age of eighteen Shakespeare wedd acleaning lady by the name of Anne Hathaway whom was eight years older thanhim. Together they had a daughter called Susanna and twins Hamnet andJudith.Shakespeare decided to start travelling and to go to London. as luck would have itfor Shakespeare just before he went to London, domains had beenopened for travelling actors for they werent regard and a man bythe name of James Burbage wanted to salmagundi that. He did this so thatactors could gain more dignity. This led to the first unexclusive wendy housebeing built in England. This playhouse was a commodious success and wasvery popular so gradually more and more were built.In a playhouse in that location were three tiers of galleries which looked downto the chiliad where most of t he audience stood. For it was only a pennyto stand in the yard 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 item came outinto 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 concealed from the audience by acurtain which would be drawn back to reveal an inner stage. in that respectwerent any large curtains to conceal the whole stage so all scenes onthe main stage began with an entrance and ended with an run out 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 simplyleave the scene.The audiences love Shakespeares plays. Hundreds of people wouldsqueeze into the theatre with their food and drink to watch. woefully 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 final cause of the two brothers who