Before there were radios and televisions, CD's and videos, video games and the internet, the Elizabethans had formed intricate systems of activities and events to keep themselves entertained. Even though they did do a lot of work, entertainment and rest was an important part of the people’s life during the Elizabethan Age. Most of this entertainment and rest time came either after church on Sundays or on the holidays. Much has been written about the Elizabethan people: "...they were expressive and eloquent, ostentatious and pleasure-loving, not industrious or hardworking, but bold and self-confident, markedly fearless of death, mercurial and inconsistent, loving change, above all, passionate" (Kareti, Kavitha- www.springfield.k12.il.us)
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