The flag flown above an Elizabethan theater was used to communicate which piece of information?
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Correct answer: The type of play being performed that day
Elizabethan theatres flew coloured flags to signal the day's genre: black for tragedy, white for comedy, and red for history. This allowed Londoners across the Thames to know what was playing without needing to cross the river.
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