In Shakespeare’s time there were no female actors. This was because acting was not considered an honourable job. The role of women had to be played by young boys who had not gone through puberty. This was because they had higher voices. Shakespeare himself even acted in some of his own play. Some actors received their lines just before the play. Some even got them as they were performing. They used a technique called “cue acting”. This was when someone sat behind the curtains and whispered the lines to the actors. This then led to a technique called “que scripting”. This was where the actors got only their lines, instead of the entire play. The spectators had a range of seating options available. They could choose to pay the cheapest ticket and be a “groundling”. |
| In his plays Shakespeare uses many different types of language techniques to create his plays. Such techniques include: rhythm, rhyme, alliteration, repition, assonance and onomatopeia. Rhythm is used alot to create a feeling almost like a beat to a song, it adds characteristics to the otherwise boring words. Alliteration, Repition, Rhyme and Assonance are all used alongside rhythm to help create a more distinct beat to his plays Repition is also used alongside rhytm to help create a beat Onomatopeia was used alot in plays because in Shakespeare's time there was no electricity to produce sounds artificially |
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