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| The Pit | where the groundlings stood to watch the show |
| The Heavens | The highest seats where nobility sat to watch plays |
| Exeunt | Latin term for players' exit from the stage |
| William Shakespeare | Elizabethan poet and playwright |
| Stratford-on-Avon | Shakespeare's birthplace |
| The Globe Theatre | The place where Shakespeare's plays were first performed |
| Elizabeth | Queen of England during Shakespeare's lifetime |
| Anne Hathaway | Became Shakespeare's wife |
| The Wooden 'O' | Another name for the Globe Theatre |
| Christopher Marlowe | English playwright who lived and wrote during Shakespeare's lifetime |
| The First Quarto | The first published edition of Shakespeare's works |
| Sonnet | A fourteen-line poem popularized by William Shakespeare |
| Thames | The London river that flowed past the Globe Theatre |
| Prologue | Took the place of a printed program for those who could not read |
| One penny | The price of admission to the Globe for a groundling |
| Groundling | Peasant attending the Globe Theatre |
| The Swan | Another of London's Elizabethan Theatres |
| Bear Baiting | Popular form of Elizabethan entertainment |
| Aside | Lines delivered directly to and FOR the audience |
| Soliloquy | A speech that shows a character's inner thoughts and feelings |
