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Tuppence or more, depending on the seat, and whether you wanted a cushion. Those wooden benches were hard!

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Q: How much did it cost to sit at a play by Shakespeare?
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Who sat in the galleries at shakespeare plays?

Richer people. Gallery tickets cost twice as much as tickets for the Pit. But you did get to sit down.


How much did it cost to gain entrance to a Shakespeare play in Renaissance England?

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What was the cost of admission to Shakespeare's public plays?

Four pennies for regular people, and for poor people, or "Groundlings" one penny. the regular people got to sit in the chairs, but the groundlings had to stand at the front of the stage for the whole play.


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It cost one penny to wach a play form "the pit" while standing. It would cost several more pennys to watch while sitting in one of the three galleries. also it would cost a 6 pence to half a crown to sit in a blackfriars seat. the people who stood in "the pit" or "the yard" were often known as groundlings.


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