Shakespeare & The Globe Theatre Explained | KS2 History Made Fun 🎭 — Transcript

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1. 0:00Imagine a theater with no roof, actors
2. 0:03shouting across the stage, and the crowd
3. 0:05throwing food if they don't like the
4. 0:07play.
5. 0:09Welcome to the Shakespeare's Globe.
6. 0:12But first, who was William Shakespeare?
7. 0:16Born in Stratford-upon-Avon
8. 0:18in 1564,
9. 0:20he became one of the world's [music]
10. 0:21greatest writers.
11. 0:23He penned poems and more than 30 plays,
12. 0:27from dark tragedies to laugh-out-loud
13. 0:30comedies. People still call him the
14. 0:32greatest playwright in history
15. 0:35because his stories like Romeo and
16. 0:37Juliet and Macbeth continue to captivate
17. 0:40audiences even today.
18. 0:42The Globe Theatre stands on the South
19. 0:44Bank of the River Thames in London.
20. 0:47But Shakespeare's acting company didn't
21. 0:49start there. Their first theater, called
22. 0:52The Theatre, was on the North Bank.
23. 0:55When the landlord raised the rent, the
24. 0:58company dismantled and it rebuilt it
25. 1:00across the river, creating the Globe in
26. 1:031599.
27. 1:05But the first Globe didn't last forever.
28. 1:08In 1613,
29. 1:09a cannon fired during the enactment of
30. 1:12Henry VIII set fire to the thatched
31. 1:15roof.
32. 1:17The theater burned down, but it was
33. 1:19rebuilt the next year.
34. 1:21Audiences packed in to see Shakespeare's
35. 1:24[music] plays with thousands attending
36. 1:27each week.
37. 1:28People stood close to the stage for just
38. 1:31[music] a penny.
39. 1:33Those were the groundlings.
40. 1:35Wealthier spectators paid more to sit in
41. 1:38the galleries, safe from the rain and
42. 1:40the smell.
43. 1:41Why was the Globe special? It was a
44. 1:44place where everyone could enjoy
45. 1:46stories. Shakespeare's stories and plays
46. 1:49[music] weren't just for kings and
47. 1:51queens. They were for everyone.
48. 1:54His stories were full of showmanship
49. 1:56with sword fights, jokes, music, love,
50. 2:00and ghosts.
51. 2:03Actors used bold voices and big gestures
52. 2:06because there was no microphones or
53. 2:08stage [music] lights.
54. 2:10If the audience loved the show, they
55. 2:13cheered. If they hated it, they booed,
56. 2:16hissed, and sometimes [music] threw
57. 2:18food. In Shakespeare's time, women were
58. 2:21not permitted to act [music] on stage,
59. 2:24so young boys played female roles.
60. 2:28The Globe stage stretched out into the
61. 2:30crowd with a trapdoor for surprises,
62. 2:34perfect for ghostly entrances in plays
63. 2:37[music] like Hamlet. Colored flags
64. 2:39announced the genre of the performance.
65. 2:43Red for history, white for comedy, and
66. 2:46black [music] for tragedy.
67. 2:48A trumpet sounded to signal the start of
68. 2:50the play and calm the audience.
69. 2:53Shakespeare was an actor and part owner
70. 2:56of the Globe. He didn't just write
71. 2:58plays. He performed in them and shared
72. 3:00ownership of the Globe Theatre.
73. 3:04Above the main entrance was the Latin
74. 3:06motto,
75. 3:07which can be translated as "All the
76. 3:10world is a stage."
77. 3:13Shakespeare's phrases
78. 3:15>> [music]
79. 3:15>> have had a lasting influence on language
80. 3:18and many are still used today.
81. 3:21Like break the ice, wild goose chase,
82. 3:24and heart of gold.
83. 3:28So, why do we still talk about
84. 3:30Shakespeare today? His plays are full of
85. 3:33big questions about love, power,
86. 3:36jealousy, and friendship.
87. 3:39The Globe is where Shakespeare's stories
88. 3:41came to life [music] for everyone.
89. 3:44Even today, you can still watch
90. 3:46performances [music] at Shakespeare's
91. 3:48Globe and feel a little bit of that
92. 3:50magic
93. 3:52more than 400 years later. Thanks for
94. 3:55watching and listening. Don't forget to
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