The theatres of our time obviously differ a lot from the theatres of Shakespeares time, they did not have electricity, plumbing, women could not act on stage, the theatres were a lot smaller than the theatres of today, and these days theatres can be designed much more elaborately than in shakespeares time. The people that went to the theatre also differed somewhat from today, mostly common people went to the theatres, but royalty and higher up officials also went to the theatre to watch Shakespeares plays, for example, Queen Elizabeth I went to the globe theatre to watch Shakespeares plays. When common people went to the theatre they often stood in the open middle of the theatre, these people were called groundlings, but the wealthy people were most likely to sit sheltered from the weather in seats that were sheltered by an overhanging roof.
Various sources:
Mabillard, Amanda."The Globe." Shakespeares Theatres.16 May 2007. Shakespeare Online. 23 Oct. 2007
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All other parts are of my own common knowledge.
The picture of the reconstructed theatre is from http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Southwark_reconstructed_globe.jpg
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