Describe the typical layout of an Elizabethan public playhouse. Then compare this layout to a modern playhouse or theater with which you are familiar

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1. Public playhouses generally were open-air structures consisting of three tiers of covered galleries. In front of the stage, an open courtyard area held the groundlings, theatergoers who paid the one-penny base price of admission, stood throughout the performance, and wandered in and out at will, eating and drinking as they enjoyed the play. A rectangular stage, about 40 feet wide, projected into the courtyard. Behind it were exits to dressing rooms and balconies where players might look out on the action beneath them on the stage proper. Out of a trap door, in center stage, a ghost might rise.
2. Students’ description of a modern theater will vary.