Literacy rates, the need for swift advertising, and the fact that the Globe Theatre looked great all decked out in them resulted in the use
of flags by Elizabethan-era theaters to communicate the type of play being performed. In honor of this tradition, we make use of them as well,
with a few necessary additions:
Black flags were used to advertise that a Tragedy was being performed.
White flags flew for Comedies and light-hearted fare.
A red flag meant a History was showing (and history means blood).
This flag represents Canada.
The green flag, though not traditional, is used by TR to denote a Shakespearean Romance.
White with a gold border stands for non-Shakesperean lighter pieces.
Black checkered, in addition to "GO!", means 'non-Shakespearean Tragedy / Non-comedy'.
This flag means 'prepare to repel boarders'.