2007-02-24 06:38:52 · 3 answers · asked by A H 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
What makes you think that's important? If you're going to perform at night, which is when performances generally happen, when else are you going to rehearse but during the day?
2007-02-24 06:43:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where are you getting this information, exactly? All theatre companies in Shakespeare's time performed during the day. They didn't have stage lights, remember.
"Because there was no lighting, all performances at the Globe were conducted, weather permitting, during the day (probably most often in the mid-afternoon span between 2 P.M. and 5 P.M.)."
In the play "A Midsummer Night's Dream," there are scenes in which the "rude mechanicals" REHEARSE their play at night...but that might only be because they're working guys, and could probably only get together in the evening.
2007-02-24 15:57:46 · answer #2 · answered by shkspr 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The importance?
I'd say it was out of convenience as performances were usually at night and people wouldn't have come if he did it the other way around?
Who wants to pay to watch a guy rehearse?
2007-02-24 14:44:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋