1. Shakespeare’s London (note the globe and the bear baiting pit)

2. School room (consider the classical education and how it helped actors learn lines)

3. Travelling players (modern pic)

4. Travelling players in the market place (modern pic)

5. Players in Stratford (doucments travelling players visiting Stratford)

6. Plague (when plague struck theatres were closed – shakespeare wrote poetry)

7. Audience (modern pic) shows rowdiness

8. Queen Elizabeth It is said that Shakespeare wrote The Merry Wives Of Windsor for her She appears to have Enjoyed inviting The theatre to perform

9. King James Also liked the theatre to Perform for him. Gave patronage to Shakespeare’s Players and it is said Macbeth was written to Please him

10. Theatrical Tradition: Faustus

11. Beautiful Globe remember it may have been painted

12. Under the stage

13. Indoor Spaces resembled theatre space

14. Costumes – shows Titus Andronicus

15. Shakespeare in print

16. Garrick Stage next ‘generation’ very different

17. Victorian theatre –lavish backdrops

18. Modern productions