COSTUME AND TECHNOLOGIE

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DRAMA YEAR 10 2012BY ROHANN MACKRELL AND

TAWNI DICKSON

Male Costumes

Tights.

Elizabethan Period.

Doublets.

The ruff.

Breeches under doublets.

Short hair and beards.

Chains, earrings, brooches, and finger rings.

Elizabethan Period.

Chains, earrings, brooches, and finger rings

Tops were tight

Hats were copies of men’s

Shoes of rich materials

Female Costumes

Shakespearean Costumes

There was an open roof so the natural

lighting was used. Shows were all done in the afternoon.

The speech portrayed the atmosphere.

Shakespearean Lighting

Shakespearean Lighting

Open Roof

Music was added in the 1600s.

Hut above stage for sound/special effects.

Actors had to project their voices to be heard.

Shakespearean Sound

Shakespearean Sound

Sound Hut

Theatres outside of London. Open to sky. Circular or Square shape mostly. Three gallery tiers for audience. Doorways for actors at back of stage. No stage curtain. Trapdoor on stage for ‘ghosts’ to enter/exit. Props were used. Actors could ‘come from the sky’

Shakespeare Set Design

Shakespeare Set Design

‘Theatre Art in Action’ – National Textbook Company pg. 156

– 157. Wednesday 25th July 2012 www.william-shakespeare.info/william-shakespeare-globe-the

atre-structure.htm - Wednesday 1st August 2012; 11.30am

http://www.bardweb.net/content/readings/macbeth/lines.html - Wednesday 1st August 2012; 12.20pm

http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/theatre.htm – Wednesday 1st August 2012; 12.25pm

‘Essential Shakespeare Handbook’ – Leslie Dunton – Downer, Alan Riding pg. 25. Tuesday 7th August 2012

‘William Shakespeare’ – Leon Ashworth pg. 16 – 17. Tuesday 7th August 2012

Bibliography