Robert Cohen - Theatre, Brief Version-McGraw-Hill Education (2016)

200 Chapter 7 Theatre Traditions: East and West
Like its predecessor, the modern Globe Theatre replica in London schedules performances by daylight, come rain or shine. As in Shakespeare’s
day, a sizable portion of the audience (the “groundlings,” as they were called in Elizabethan times) observes from a standing-room pit in front of the
stage; everyone else sits on hard wooden benches in the surrounding galleries. Shown here, the concluding dance of the Globe’s 1998 As You Like It
enchants the audience on all sides of the stage, which is thrust into their midst. © Robert Cohen
Matthew Rhys (left) as Romeo and Tam Mutu as Tybalt duel in this 2004 Royal Shakespeare Company production of Romeo and Juliet, directed by Peter
Gill. © Geraint Lewis