FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The area behind the stage, where actors made their entrances and exits, was the so-called tiring house, that is, the dressing room and backstage areas. (Entrances and exits could also be made through a trap door in the stage floor and from the canopy above: these spaces were especially useful for ghosts and gods.)
Detailed explanation-2: -At the back of the stage was a tall wooden structure, which served as backdrop scenery, with doors for entering and leaving the stage and a second floor balcony. It was called a tiring-house because it contained the dressing room where the actors put on their “attire", their costumes.
Detailed explanation-3: -Five of the 20 bays of the galleries were cut off by the frons scenae, or tiring-house wall, behind which the actors kept their store of props, costumes, and playbooks and prepared themselves for their performances.
Detailed explanation-4: -At the Globe Theatre there were three classes, the upper, middle, and lower class. To begin, the upper class would be treated better than the other classes. They would sit in an area called the heavens, on cushions.