There were no tickets. First, paper and ink were expensive, and second, all copying had to be done by hand. There were printing presses, but the cost of using them for something that was used once and thrown away would have been prohibitive.
Entrance fees were as listed in below quotes.
"The groundlings paid a penny to stand in the pit of the Globe Theatre. The others sat in the galleries. The very grand could watch the play from a chair set on the side of the stage itself. "
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"The rest of the circular theatre was three stories high, with benches where the audience could sit (it cost a bit more if you wanted a cushion for the wooden seat); these were called galleries. There was an open space called a yard or a pit in the middle of the circle in front of the stage, where other audience members could stand. A ticket for the seated part of the theatre cost twice as much as a ticket to stand in the yard, because patrons could sit down and be sheltered from sun and rain. As a result, the poorer theatre patrons tended to be the ones standing on the ground to watch the plays and were therefore called groundlings. They sometimes stood a long time, as plays lasted up to four hours. In all, the Globe could hold about 3,000 people."
So standing on the ground in the "pit" cost a penny, and seats on the balconies cost two pennies. Cushions for the balcony seats were extra. I couldn't find a site with the cost of sitting on the stage itself.
2007-01-15 16:21:03
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answered by Peaches 5
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$13 for floor seats, $8 for balcony
2007-01-15 23:40:58
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answered by sminer 1
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he lived in spain.
so i cant tell you in dollars
all i can tell you is that they(plays) were usually a town event
because they dont have television or games or anything like that
these plays had everything...and were everything to the audience.
2007-01-15 23:41:14
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answered by Answer10aDay 2
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