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Elizabeth
I ate so many sweets that her teeth just rotted away and turned black! As
she grew older, servants kept mirrors away from her. It’s a good thing
that people back than didn’t usually show their teeth when they smiled! |
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In
most of Elizabeth I’s portraits, she is wearing enormous dresses with
puffy sleeves. Although it wasn’t the fashion, she wore them to make her
look big and powerful so that people didn’t take advantage of her being a
woman. |
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Did
you know that royal playing cards came when people in the Elizabethan Era
put miniature portraits of royalty on playing cards? The most popular kind
was the queen of hearts- it symbolized love for Queen Elizabeth I. |
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King
Lear was first made to have a happy ending… it sure didn’t turn out that
wayL. |
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Boy’s
schools in the Elizabethan era would have been for six days a week, for the
whole year. The boys only got of for holidays. Also, the school time was
from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm. Yikes! |
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Women
were not allowed to play and roles in plays, so men always played women’s
parts. |
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Since
the theatres had no lights, characters often said what time of day it was. |
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Elizabeth
I always had a young looking face in her portraits because she created a
face pattern—when she found a portrait of her that she liked very much,
all other artists painted her face like the “face pattern". |
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When anyone bought birds to train, they were restricted from buying
eagles-those were reserved for kings and queens only. |
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So many people have used Shakespeare's works in their books or plays that
if he were alive today, he would earn 55 million dollars a year! |
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So many people wore wigs in Elizabethan times that if a child was out
after dark, they were in danger of having their hair cut to be made for
wigs. |
