True/False: You can see the Colosseum in the picture. - False! This is The Globe Theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. The first Globe was built in 1599., True/False: If you wanted to see an event in Colosseum, you had to pay for the ticket. The price depended on the seat. The food inside was really expensive and only rich people could afford it.  - False! In order to gain popularity, emperors organised and paid for events in the Colosseum themselves. Entry was free for all ancient Romans and they sometimes had free food throughout the spectacles too., True/False: Over 40 000 people died on the stage of Colosseum. - True! It’s estimated that over 400,000 people and over a million wild animals died during the centuries that the games took place., True/False: To stage sea battles the Colosseum was filled with water. - True! The Colosseum could seat around 50,000 spectators for a variety of events. These included gladiator contests, animal hunts and re-enactments of famous battles. There were even mock sea battles as they flooded the Colosseum with water., True/False: The earliest known theatre drama was about unfaithful wife. - False! The earliest surviving drama is about the Resurrection of Jesus, which dates back to 925 CE. It's a very short one and comprises only four lines of dialogue., True/False: The Globe is the only theatre in London that has a thatched roof. - True! Shakespeare’s Globe is the only building in London permitted to have a thatched roof. Since the Great Fire of London in 1666, there has been a law banning buildings with thatched rooves because they are such a fire hazard., True/False: Only single women over 21 were allowed to play in the theatre in Shakespeare time. - False! It was illegal in England for a woman to act on stage. Female roles were played by young boys as theatre stages were considered too risque a place for a woman. The first woman to appear in a Shakespeare play was in 1660, 44 years after Shakespeare’s death. , True/False: The first major use of stages that moved around began in Japan. - True! The first major use of revolving stages began in Japan in the 1750s, and is currently most notably used in Les Misérables, with 63 rotations per performance., True/False:At the Globe theatre different flags were used to signpost what kind of play was being performed that day. - True! Different flags were used to signpost what kind of play was being performed that day. Flying high above the theatre, they were a good way of advertising the genre of the performance or a last-minute cancellation. Black flags were raised for tragedy plays. Red ones announced history plays. Comedies were signalled by the flying of white flags., True/False: The most expensive tickets at the Globe were near the stage. - False! People in the standing area near the stage, were nicknamed ‘groundlings’. These were cheaper than cheap seats, they weren’t seats at all. You could watch plays from the pit for just a penny. At the peak of summertime, the groundlings were also referred to as ‘ stinkards’ for reasons that may well be obvious!, True/False: The band Metallica once played a show in Antarctica. - True! Metallica have now made their mark on every continent on earth. In 2013 the band played inside a small dome in the Antarctic Base Carlini for an audience of 120 people. The show had the name “Freeze ‘Em All”. In order to meet international Antarctic protocol to preserve the fragile local environment, Metallica played the whole show with no amplification. ,

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