ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -“Performances at the Globe began in mid-afternoon, about three o’clock, after a trumpet sounded. Sunlight provided the lighting, although torches were sometimes lit to suggest night scenes. There were no intermissions. All performances had to end before nightfall so that playgoers could return safely home.

Detailed explanation-2: -Theaters were open air and used natural light. Without the advanced technology of artificial light, most plays were performed not in the evening, as they are today, but rather in the afternoon or during the daylight.

Detailed explanation-3: -The performance probably started at about 2 p.m. If you went to the the Globe to see Hamlet performed in 1600 or 1601, you would go in the daytime, for a couple of reasons.

Detailed explanation-4: -Theatre performances were held in the afternoon, because there was no artificial lighting, this required the imagination of the audiences during scenes that were to take place at night (Elizabethan Era).