The Elizabethan theatre history started in 1576 and continued in England until Protestants gained power. By 1648 plays and theatres weren’t aloud to perform and was forced to be pulled down,all actors to be seized and whipped and anyone caught attending a play was to be fined 5 shillings which was a lot in the 1600s.

The key events that happened in the Elizabethan theatre,
In 1576 James Burbage (father of the actor, Richard Burbage) started the Elizabethan theatre history by obtaining a lease and permission to build ‘The Theatre’ in Shoreditch, London.
In 1593 Elizabethan Theatres, including the Globe, close due to the Bubonic Plague
The Lord Chamberlain’s Company (formally known as ‘Lord Strange Men’) was formed in 1594
The first document mentioning William Shakespeare in connection with the ‘Theatre’ was made in 1595 March 15
The Bubonic Plague (The Black Death) again ravages London killing 33,000 people – all Elizabethan theatres close again in 1603
Fire broke out at the Globe Theatre – destroying the theatre in 1613. It was re-built the following year on its original foundations and this time the roof was tiled, not thatched
The English Civil War finally leads to the terrible execution of King Charles I by the Parliamentarians
(Puritans) and in 1653 Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of England. Cromwell dies in 1658 and the power of the Puritans starts to decline
King Charles II is restored to the throne of England in 1660 and the period called the Restoration sees the opening of the theatres again

John Brayne’s who was once a grocer who’s parents built the Elizabethan theatre,also known as the Red lion.

Elizabethan theatres were also used for bear baiting, gambling and for immoral purposes
Many people went to go and see the Elizabethan theatre up to 3000 people most of the people in the crowd were drunk,throwing shoes swearing and other stuff. Shakespeare tried to make his plays the most entertaining that he could for the crowd as there wasn’t many props or women in the plays. Shakespeare would try and make his plays entertaining by doing things like using good use of language and making the crowd be hyperactive because they knew what was going to happen but wasn’t knowing what was gonna happen their selves.