What would make the Theatre dramatic for Elizabethan Audiences?
In much the same way as we find theatre/film/tv interesting. The Elizabethan theatres existed side by side with sites for execution, bear baiting, **** fighting and brothels; they attracted similar audiences as they would cost similar amounts (to be in the standing area of the audience). The rich and powerful stood as patrons for playwrights and companies of actors, they would attend the theatre and sit in the best seats, where they would be seen by the audiences. The subject matters of the plays would be geared at the popular interests of the society, during a time when trade routes were opening between the east and west and there was a threat from the Ottoman empire there was a collection of plays which were produced depicting Islam and islamic rulers (eg. Solomon and Perseda (inspired by The Spanish Tragedy, possibly by the same author) and Tamburlaine the Great). Basically theatres, writers and actors kept ticket prices low, allowed prostitutes to work the standing crowd and showed
