Book contents
- Shakespeare’s Stages
- Shakespeare’s Stages
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Videos
- Audios
- Acknowledgements
- Prologue
- A Tale of Two Playhouses
- City Performance
- Innyard Spaces
- The Playhouse Audience
- The Theatre’s Warm-up Acts
- Constructing the Globe
- Prologue
- Surviving Drawings
- The Swan Sketch
- The Shape of the Stage
- Alternative Stage Shapes
- The Curtain and Blackfriars Stages
- Seating and Sightlines
- How Many Doors Had the 1599 Globe?
- The Tiring House
- Stage Decoration
- Shakespeare by Candlelight
- Heavens, Pillars, Trap
- The Balcony
- Music and Sound
- Special Effects
- Epilogue: Bringing the House Down
- Works Cited
The Curtain and Blackfriars Stages
from Prologue
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 March 2025
- Shakespeare’s Stages
- Shakespeare’s Stages
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Videos
- Audios
- Acknowledgements
- Prologue
- A Tale of Two Playhouses
- City Performance
- Innyard Spaces
- The Playhouse Audience
- The Theatre’s Warm-up Acts
- Constructing the Globe
- Prologue
- Surviving Drawings
- The Swan Sketch
- The Shape of the Stage
- Alternative Stage Shapes
- The Curtain and Blackfriars Stages
- Seating and Sightlines
- How Many Doors Had the 1599 Globe?
- The Tiring House
- Stage Decoration
- Shakespeare by Candlelight
- Heavens, Pillars, Trap
- The Balcony
- Music and Sound
- Special Effects
- Epilogue: Bringing the House Down
- Works Cited
Summary
Whatever the shape of the Globe’s stage, it would have been essential for the Lord Chamberlain’s/King’s Men not to get too attached to a particular set of dimensions. After all, the company had always been used to touring, and by the time they came to occupy the Globe they’d performed at the Rose and enjoyed comparatively longer residencies in two other playhouses, the Theatre and the Curtain.
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- Shakespeare's Stages , pp. 23Publisher: Cambridge University PressFirst published in: 2025