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Poor laborers, tradesmen and their families, who paid a whole day's wage (one penny, which would be about 5 to 6 US dollars a day now...) to stand at the front of the theater to see Shakespeare's plays instead of sitting in a covered balcony up at the back.
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What did they call the audience members who stood in the pit in Shakespeare's theater?
Groundlings.
What are the people called that stand in the yard to watch the plays at the Globe theater?
Groundlings.
What were the people called who stood to watch the plays in the global theater?
They were called groundlings
What is the term used for the people that stood and watched the performances at the Globe Theater?
They were called groundlings.
In Shakespeares Globe Theater the actors dressed for performances in the while the played in the upper stage and Groundlings stood in the?
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