ered into the theater, the different classes of people were separated by where they could afford to sit and watch the show. The lower classmen were situated on the bare earth where it was dirty and smelly because it was never cleaned. The owners’ of the theaters found it less expensive if they did not keep high maintenance of their establishments. Higher classmen sat under a roof and for a penny more, they could buy cushions for their seats. The color of a person’s clothing also told his or her ranks in society. The rich wore bright colors and many layer to show their wealth. Bright dyes for clothing was very expensive, therefore the poor wore dull earthly colored clothing. When the show started, it would go on until the end because there were no intermissions.Because the theater was crowded and dirty, town officials held great hatred towards it and tried to close them down any chance they could. They felt it was where the plague began. Also, the people left their work to see the shows. This in turn caused them to loose money. Because of the instability of the theater, the owners were often diverse and were involved in a variety of other fields. They made sure that their theater was not their main support of income.A time when the foundation of the entertainment industry built, Elizabethan theater progressed from the Elizabethan Era. Writers and actors both rose into higher society. Writers were acknowledged for their works and actors for their ability to entertain. Tragedies and comedies were intertwined, which caused the people to move from just wanting to comedies. From this ere, the modern day outline of the ...
