The Bell Savage Inn by Savage_dragon
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The Bell Savage Theatre - Elizabethan Inn-Yard
The Bell Savage was located in Ludgate Hill. It continued to be the terminus for coaching services to London throughout the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. The Inn's sign was a savage man standing on a bell.
It was in the yard at the Bell Savage that Sir Thomas Wyatt's rebellion against Queen Elizabeth I came to an inglorious end.
The Elizabethan Inn-Yard
The early days of commercial theatre involved performances in public spaces such as town squares. Acting troupes traveled the country and sought lodgings at inns or taverns. The natural progression for the troupes was to negotiate with the tavern owner, or vintner, in order to stage a performance at the inn. All parties would therefore benefit. The larger the audience, the more profits were made. In the Elizabethan days the usual form of transport was on horseback, so all of the major inns had large cobblestone yards. The obvious progression was to stage the plays in the inn-yards. The inn-yards were surrounded by balconies to the rooms which provided lodgings for travelers. A fee was charged to playgoers for entering the inn-yard, and then an additional fee was added on if they wanted to go up to a balcony level. In 1574 the City of London started regulating the Inn-yard activities which lead to the development of the covered Playhouses and the open amphi-theaters.
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Comments (26)
Faemike55
Very cool image and great information, Angel
starfire777
Great looking character and scene!!!
crub90706
Beautiful Scene as well as character!
mgtcs
Awww....A wonderful setting for this amazing lady! Marvelous composition! **
brycek
Beautiful scene and outfit..nice work!
eekdog
elegent image hon.
odile
Great atmosphere!
cryptojoe
Excellent rendidtion and great story.
Cimaira
Wonderful work!
3dpoetry
Stunning work
Bossie_Boots
Wow incredible !!
UteBigSmile
KaiArt
Excellent work
bazza
Excellent scene Angel beautiful work!
rogue29730
Beautiful scene !
RodolfoCiminelli
Excellent done, great environment....!!
Star4mation
Excellent image Angel :)
drifterlee
Very beautiful scene, Angel!
renecyberdoc
i am more in the other services london had to offer in charles dickens times for example, feces in the streets,whorehouses everywhere,you know that i like studying the low levesl muahahahaha. this is excellent and i go again now checking out danie and mafornos lol.this playhouse looks great.
adrie
Beautiful image dear Angel, as always excellent work...love it.
Rhanagaz
Great image and info, Angel! Interesting to me specially, because I have lived this way, traveling around as player a part of my life in Denmark in of course more modern times! ;o)
willpee
Wow, thats a lot of history and sounds like the airlines today, charging for every little thing !! Excellent scene
julesart
Beautiful render!
Tracesl
excellent
three_grrr
Love the history lesson! No, really I do, who knew all that?? I thought they just went and performed in theaters! awesome scene! You always have the best BGs! Love her pose, you got those hands perfect!
FaeMoon
Great information and a very beautiful render, Angel! Love the use of the cats here!