• Issues Affecting the People Who Attended
  • Transportation: Modes of transportation and travel conditions, such as roads
  • Health Issues: Medical and dental issues, outbreaks of illnesses, sanitation, etc.
  • Public and Government Attitude Toward the Event: How is this form of entertainment perceived, who supports it/may be against it?
  • Other Entertainment Options: What else could a theater-goer be doing instead of attending a play or movie?
    
• Information about the Audience and Theater-going Experience
  • Audience: Who typically attends, what are they like socially and financially; how are they expected to behave?
  • Theater Design: How is the theater built, and how does this affect who attends and what they experience?
  • Cost: Include ticket and extras, such as refreshments
  • Other Issues: When, where, and why would the audience go to an event at this venue?

• Visscher’s View of London
  http://www.folger.edu/imgcolldtl.cfm?imageid=121
  An engraving and description of London in 1616
  
  

  The City of London
  http://elizabethan.org/compendium/27.html

  London in Shakespeare’s time, including transportation

• About Shakespeare’s Theater
  http://www.folger.edu/template.cfm?cid=2156
  An interactive view of Shakespeare’s theater
  
  

  Shakespeare’s Theater
  http://www.shakespeare-online.com/theatre/

  Information about several theaters during Shakespeare’s time
  
  

  Shakespeare’s Audience
  http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/SLT/stage/audience.html

  Describes the various types and income levels of audiences who attended Shakespeare’s plays; you can click on the type of audience to see about how much they would have paid

Elizabethan England – Health

• About Shakespeare’s Time
  http://www.folger.edu/template.cfm?cid=2157
  A brief discussion of health issues
  
  

  A Grab Bag of Information
  http://www.brandonsd.mb.ca/crocus/library/Shakespeare-Sixteenth_century_medicine.htm

  A brief discussion medical beliefs and health issues in Elizabethan England
  
  

  The Plague
  http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/SLT/society/plague.html

  Discusses the plague during Shakespeare’s time, including how it affected theaters
  
  

• Elizabethan England: Money and Coinage
  http://elizabethan.org/compendium/6.html
  Discusses the coins used in Shakespeare’s time and gives an idea of their value
  
  

  The Elizabethan Cost of Living
  http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/SLT/society/cost.html

  Discusses how much common items cost in Elizabethan time, and how that compares to today’s money; includes information about theater costs
  
  

• The Broadway League
  http://www.broadwayleague.com
  
  The online home of the trade association of the Broadway industry, this site contains information on the costs associated with theater, audience demographics, and technical information on performance spaces in New York City
  
  

  Broadway
  http://www.broadway.com

  Provides information about Broadway and Broadway plays
  
  

  Broadway Theater
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre

  Describes various aspects of Broadway Theater
  
  

• Fandango
  http://www.fandango.com/
  Gives movie previews and articles, movie prices, current features, and movie theaters, searchable by zip code