He was said to have kept horses for the gentlemen outside the playhouses.

据说，他当时在剧院外为绅士们照看马匹。

These plays are modestly staged in small playhouses but some rank with the best Broadway performances in professional skill and many enjoy long runs.

这些戏剧都是在小型剧院上演的，但是在演技方面，有些戏剧堪与白老汇最好的演出不相上下，有许多甚至久演不衰。

The Renaissance theater was a period of elaborate spectacle, of few plays and playwrights of lasting importance, and of new playhouses that set the pattern for modern theaters.

文艺复兴时期的戏剧特点是：场景讲究，流传于世的重要剧作和剧作家不多，当时修建的新剧场成了现代剧场的楷模。