The earliest known performance of Romeo and Juliet wasn't until 1662, but we know that it was written sometime between 1591 and 1596 (most likely 1594) and was popular enough to be published as early as 1597 (Q1).

So let's say you're going to see a hypothetical remount of Romeo and Juliet in 1599 at The Globe. The structure itself was a three-storey, open-air amphitheatre approximately 100 feet (30 m) in diameter that could hold roughly 3,000 spectators at maximum capacity. The modern Globe Theatre in London is an academic approximation of what the original Globe looked like.

There were no paper tickets. Instead the patrons would drop their money into a wooden box as they entered the yard or climbed the stairs. One penny (approximately the cost of a loaf of bread) got you into the yard or "pit" where you would stand for the duration of the play. Two pence got you a seat on a wooden bench in the lower galleries. A third penny bought you a cushion to sit on. 4 - 5 pence would get you into the upper galleries on the flanks of the stage. The prime seats or "Lord's Rooms" started at 6 pence. During the breaks between acts, visitors could buy ale, apples, oranges, nuts, and gingerbread from vendors outside the main gate.

The theater was a good place to be seen and many of the visitors (especially in the more expensive seats) would dress in fancy clothes. Regardless of their dress, the crowds were rowdy. There would have been lots of clapping, cheering, booing, and the occasional fist fight. In 1612, music was briefly banned in theaters because the crowds were causing "outrages" with their dancing. In 1629 a visiting troupe of French artists was pelted with food and garbage for allowing women to play women on stage.

According to the prologue, verse 12, a performance of Romeo and Juliet required "two hours' traffic of our stage".