Difference with the modern theatre
In the modern theatre actors are separated from the audience by a curtains and they act in bright light before spectators hidden in a darkened auditorium. In Elizabethan theatre the actor played in daylight fused into a common experience with his audience. The soliloquy (the actor speak to himself) wasn’t artificial but quite natural communication with the spectators.
There wasn’t light or sound effects but the Elizabethan actor was able to achieve his effects by the emotions and imagination of the spectators.
The actions was continuous. The scene ended when all actors had gone off the stage and a new set of characters came on. The exact locality of the scene wasn’t important.
The scenery was symbolic; it used symbol to give an idea about something: chairs or stools showed indoor scene; a man wearing riding-boots was a messenger, ecc.
There wasn’t light or sound effects but the Elizabethan actor was able to achieve his effects by the emotions and imagination of the spectators.
The actions was continuous. The scene ended when all actors had gone off the stage and a new set of characters came on. The exact locality of the scene wasn’t important.
The scenery was symbolic; it used symbol to give an idea about something: chairs or stools showed indoor scene; a man wearing riding-boots was a messenger, ecc.
The actors
Every actor played more than one characteres. He had a little time for long and elaborated preparations and was always ready to improvise. The actors were only men and the feminine roles were interpreted to the young men.
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