There were three stories of roofed galleries surrounding the Globe theater. The galleries were equipped with rows of wooden seats, were accessible via a rear corridor, and had a roof that provided cover from adverse weather. The stage wall was dubbed the "Frons Scenae" in Latin. It was tucked up behind the pillars. You could see everything happening on it because there were no curtains. The audience was very important in Elizabethan times. They would make lots of noise if someone they liked was getting hurt or killed on screen so as not to disturb the performance. They also made lots of excitement when someone famous died even if you weren't there yourself because everyone knew about it anyway. There were newsbooks at the front selling all the latest scandals so people could shout abuse at the actors if they wanted to. In London there were two kinds of theaters: public and private. In public theaters anyone could enter for free but only those who could pay the performer would be allowed to watch the acttion. Private theaters required payment to enter but once inside you could watch the play uninterrupted. Public theaters tended to offer lower-quality work than private ones because they had to make money any way they could. Private theaters could produce more ambitious writing because they didn't have to worry about profits or loss. Globe theaters were public theaters. You could go and watch anything from Shakespeare to strippers for free.