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//Answer prepared by Kern Khanna// The Elizabethan England era was considered as the “era of great advancement” according to the Elizabethan England Life website developed by the Prague Company. Sports, amusement, and entertainment in Elizabethan England all advanced and made a great impact on the civilians in England. The sport, amusement, and entertainment amused the daily English civilians. There was “archery, bowling, dice, hammer throwing, quarter-staff contests (medieval English jousts using staffs), quoits (variation of rugby), skittles (nine-pin bowling), and wrestling”, according to Jeffrey Singman’s book //Daily Life in Elizabethan England//. These sports were great entertainment for the nobility. The sports and entertainment helped the citizens relax when work was over.
 * What were popular forms of sport, amusement, and entertainment in Elizabethan England?**

Sports and music were important; however, the arts played a big role in England. Playwrights like Shakespeare and Ben Jonson dominated the theater. There was a “constant and insatiable desire for plays” according to Singman. Actors had great renown consequently. The plays were violent or comical with dramatic music and effects. Audiences were taken by storm by the plays. The theater dominated in England, but literature was also successful. A.L. Rowse’s //The Elizabethan Renaissance// states “presses churned out texts rapidly.” Friends and family commonly read aloud together. Reading was a great social activity and it was a way to relax and enjoy. Elizabethan people liked to dance as well. Singman states that “dancing was considered a vital skill for an aristocrat. The Queen was said to look favorably on a man who could dance well.” Dancing served merely as a pleasant diversion for anybody regardless of marriage. Elizabethan England was an “era of great advancement.” England excelled in the arts and sports and served as a great entertainment for the people.

**Works Cited ** "Elizabethan England Life." __ Queen Elizabeth __. 12 Mar 2009 .

Rowse, A.L.. __ The Elizabethan Renaissance __. 2. New York: Ivan R. Dee, 2000.

Singman, Jeffrey. __ Daily Life in Elizabethan England __. 1. New York: Greenwood Publishing, 1995.

This is the game of indoor quoits which is similar to rugby.



Ben Jonson was a very great playwright and he helped entertainment the people of England.