Lords Rooms: During the Renaissance, the most prestigious and costly seating in public playhouses were the lords' rooms. These rooms were partitioned sections of the gallery near the 'above.' (The cost was three pennies to sit in the lords' room, two pennies for a seat in the second-floor galleries, and one penny to watch as a groundling standing in the yard.) Interestingly, Greenblatt notes that the lords' rooms were not positioned or intended to provide the best view of the action taking place on stage below. Instead, the rooms were designed to make 'their privileged occupants conspicuous to the rest of the audience' (1140).

 

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Lords Rooms: During the Renaissance, the most prestigious and costly seating in public playhouses were the lords' rooms. These rooms were partitioned sections of the gallery near the 'above.' (The cost w . . . View Full Definition

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