role of the professional play house in the 16th century
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Before the first playhouses were built in London in the late 16th century, plays were performed in the yards and upper rooms of the capital’s inns. By the early 1600s there were lots of playhouses just outside the City of London. There were two types:
Open-air amphitheatres. These were usually polygonal. The stage faced the central yard and might have been covered. The audience stood around the stage in the yard because it was cheapest and the richer people stood or sat in the tiers of galleries that enclosed it. These playhouses used natural light.
Indoor halls. These were rectangular, with the stage on one of the short sides. The audience sat either right in front of the stage where the seats were most expensive, or in galleries which ran around the other three sides of the room. They were lit by candles and torches.
The playhouses were brightly decorated inside but the decorations were mainly painted cloths and curtains.
The Globe Theater was the most famous theater and lots of Shakespeare's most famous plays were performed there. Shakespeare himself co-owned the 3-storey theater made out of oak, deal, and stolen playhouse frames. It could hold 3000 people.