History Of Theatre

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Performances were set in the town square, with several stage settings around the square. This was as such, because there were no proper theaters, or areas large enough to hold the entire stage.
Elizabethan Theater
England's theater developed rapidly in the years following the defeat of the Spanish Armada. The dominant feature of Elizabethan theater was the stage. There were three parts to the stage:
1 The fore stage, which jutted out into the audience a fare way, this was used for outside scenes.
2 The inner stage, this was used for scenes inside a building.
3 An upper stage or balcony, which was used for miscellaneous purposes.
There were three parts to the stage, as there were no scene changes, or breaks during the play. Very little scenery was used, so the actors had to create the illusions of a scene through there voices and dialogue. This lead to a more poetic script, and poets became the main source of script writing.
Restoration Theater
The restoration theater ...

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