How were the two plays you are working on originally staged and performed to their original audiences?

The two works I have worked on are the Tempest and Alls Well That Ends Well.

When the Tempest was first performed it was back in 1610/1611.  It was based in the BlackFriars Theatre,  the theatre had recently been freshly redeemed by the Kings men as the chosen place for theatre within winter, being an indoor theatre, substituting for the famous outdoor theatre The Globe. Compared to the Dome this theatre was a lot smaller inside, which also affected by having Gallants, Wealthy men who paid more for seats that were positioned at the sides of the stage therefore subtracting the space they already had.

With this topography of the stage, a lot of original stage/shakespeare theatre techniques had to be adapted, for the example with the art of stage eavesdropping, in somewhere like the globe would be represented through them stepping on from the side subtly or leaning out from behinds the pillars, however with this staging it was unachievable in that form therefore they would go into the the orchestra pit or the corner of the stage to keep the feel and made it more dramatic as a result.

As they had smaller theatre everything was very much compact compared to other versions of the play. As the years have gone on the play has developed as well as the mediums on which they performed them and techniques used to make it more contemporary.


For Alls Well that Ends Well, there isn't any evidence of its original performance origins and its first performance dated was in 1741 at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. This theatre was an upgraded indoor theatre de to the change in times, it was also very large and now had features such as wings. This allowed the performance to have more adventurous sets and props, more intricate choreography  as well as dramatic exits and entrances.