Entertainment, People, Elizabethan, Type

by MarkScottAustinTX

Question by Kel:

What type of entertainment did the people in the Elizabethan age have?

I know one of the main types of entertainment was theater like plays and acting guilds, but my teacher said I have to write a three to four page essay on entertainment in general so I can't just use theater. I know there were probably some sort of sports and at least three other forms of entertainment, so if anyone has answers or great websites that would be lovely!




Best answer:

Answer by aida
They danced. There's a painting of some gallant courtier lifting the Queen off her feet as they dance.

They played bowls--a game more like boccie than like skittles bowling. When Sir Francis Drake was told that the Spanish Armada was in sight, he replied that he still had time to finish his game of bowls.

They played musical instruments to entertain one another. Many of Shakespeare's plays depict people doing this..

Now! Considering the nature and length of your assignment, I think your teacher wants you to do some real research and even document it. You can find information in books about everyday life in England--social history. The "Merrie England" chapter of Norah lofts' Domestic Life in England should help. So should The Life and Times of Elizabeth, in the Curtis International Portraits of Greatness series. It includes the painting I mentioned. It would also help to skim the index of any biography you can find of Elizabeth I.

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