Groundling: Poor person who paid a penny to stand and watch a production
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Break a leg: means good luck. In Elizabethan theatres, if an actor was very good, a groundling might be entranced and drool on the stage, and the actor might slip on this spot and ‘break a leg.’
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The First Folio: earliest full collection of Shakespeare’s plays, published seven years after his death
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Masque: musical production in later English Renaissance, characterized by very elaborate costumes and sets
Ben Jonson: leading playwright of masques
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Inigo Jones: First major set and costume designer, worked on masques