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Elizabethans

Elizabethans loved their theater, just as we love our movies. The theater offered great excitement and entertainment. There was a place in the theater for everyone, from rich to poor. Those who could afford to pay watched the plays from seats in the covered seating. For a penny, those less fortunate could stand in the yard. Appropriately, they were called "groundlings." The yard was open to the sky, which provided the lighting. Performances were given in mid-afternoon, usually with some 2,000 attending.