Let's go to theatre on a fine day.
Theatres in the Elizabethan period were called 'Inn Theatre', and plays took place at the inner court of the inn. The Royal family, including Queen Elizabeth, saw plays in the hall of the palace. The stage was sometimes not placed at the side of the hall, but placed at the centre of the hall.
People were able to see plays from either side.
'The Swan' is the only existing picture of the inside view of a theatre then. Its seating capacity was 3000, and the gallery of three layers surrounded the one yard.
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