Special Effects In Elizabethan Theatre

Although the Globe theatre was a competitor who used props and special effects, the Elizabethan theatre quickly adopted its idea. (Globe Theatre Special Effects 1) Actors skilled in imitating the sounds of whaling ghosts, roosters, and baying of hounds, remained in what was known as the “ Hell Room” (Globe Theatre Special Effects 3). The Hell room is where actors went to make noises that carried through the theatre that imitated creatures from hell. This special effect allowed actors to spook the audience without causing too much commotion through out the theatre. Other special effects used are followed: cannon’s, fireworks, harnesses, flowers, petals, trapdoors, wires, music, live animals, bones, intestines, and blood of dead animals. (Globe Theatre Special Effects 2) When a play involved war, the special effects used were fireworks and cannons. The fireworks were used to imitate the sounds of guns being fired.
It was a great accomplishment of the ages. The theatre started a new movement across all portions of Europe. Thus, a compelling form of entertainment through out all of England. It helped bring creativity, imagination, and history to the people of the world. Culture was spread from place to place by stories, plays, music, and fashion. The theatre was a living book that inspired people. In 1603, Queen Elizabeth past away. Her successor was James the first, he lacked the diplomacy and personal charisma that made her kingdom popular. Shakespeare along with Elizabeth’s death, signaled the decline of the Elizabethan theatre. (Yancey 95) He was the father of the theatre. Without his talent to compose great plays, the theatre would not have gained such a success during Elizabeth’s era. Elizabeth’s theatre changed the way the world viewed her country and England’s culture grew as did the