During our time in London
we had the opportunity to visit Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. We had a tour
guide, who was very informing and helpful. He was also hilarious, which I
believe, made the tour so much more enjoyable. The Globe was very interesting and
had a lot to offer for Shakespeare lovers.
I
believed the best thing about the Globe was actually getting the background of
how the plays worked. To begin, all the actors were male in Shakespeare’s time.
The actors were also thought to be criminals, and no one believed women could
be criminals. This seemed odd since all Shakespeare’s plays have some tragic
love-story death at the end. Young boys, who had not yet reached puberty, played
all the woman characters. The young boys were dressed up in wigs, make up, and costumes.
The finest wigs in those days were made out of horse’s hair. The make-up they
had to put on their faces was made from oil. Thank goodness that isn’t the case
anymore.
What do you think of when going to a play? Whatever you
are imagining is not what was happening in the Globe Theatre back in the day. Plays
were not the same at all! Whores were allowed in for gentlemen. Beer was served
and everyone drank it until drunk. Poor smelly “penny stinkers” would have been
the ones standing. Plays were considered not exactly a high-class entertainment
in Shakespeare’s period. This was very interesting news to me. Shakespeare’s
Globe was fantastic to see and I would recommend having a tour guide walk you
through. I learned so much more about the history and it wasn’t the boring
history out of a textbook.
Traveling
has opened my eyes to many things. Everyone’s culture is very different. I have
learned to respect my own culture more. I also would love to continue learning
about other countries because I want more history about the world. I found the
history part of our travels to be very interesting.
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