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Hunting is another favorite sport of Elizabethan England. Hunting allowed the rich to show off their clothing, weapons, horses, and hawks. Hawking was the sport of royalty (Singman 75). It was mainly a royal sport because the common man could not afford to train the birds. The animals slain were mostly deer, but the lives of the animals were never taken in vain. Whatever was killed was always eaten (Singman 75).
Sports were not the only Elizabethans spent their leisure time. Elizabethans loved the theater. Theaters were built around courtyards. The theater would have three-story galleries, each facing the stage. Everyone from the aristocrats to the common laborer would attend the theater. The aristocrats sat in the galleries, while the commoners stood on the lawn in front of the stage.
All types of plays were performed. Action, comedy, violence, and plays with musical interludes were a few of the plays enjoyed by everyone (Emerson 168). The demand for entertainment led to take minor performances on the road. For instance, folk players, puppeteers, and acrobats were a few of the performers taken on the road (Emerson 168). Actors working in theater would slowly more up in the social ladder. .
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This was done by getting awards and becoming more and more respectable (Emerson 169).
Another form of entertainment was literature. People were able to buy a pamphlet for a penny (Singman 134). This made reading affordable for everyone. All kinds of texts were written and published. Historical, ballads, religious, political, and technical were among the numerous subjects written about ( Singman 134). Reading was much more public than it is today. Readings were held and a writer's latest works were read aloud (Singman 135).
Music was also a part of Elizabethan life. Laborers for the most part sang while they worked (Davis 55). Commoners would sing and play music after meals (Davis 55).
