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Elizabethan Theater

Elizabethan Theater. Elizabethan Theatre. Queen Elizabeth- ruling England 1558-1603 M ilestones: defeated the Spanish Armada expanded world trade markets expanded communication with the printed book for the public. Elizabethan Theatre.

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Elizabethan Theater

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  1. Elizabethan Theater

  2. Elizabethan Theatre Queen Elizabeth- ruling England 1558-1603 Milestones: defeated the Spanish Armada expanded world trade markets expanded communication with the printed book for the public

  3. Elizabethan Theatre She was the friend of theatre Up to this time-royalty a foe of theatre spread disease fights were common Elizabeth I –daughter of Henry VIII commanded theatre for court protected actors from censorship loved the new energy of acting in England

  4. Elizabethan Theater Lord Mayor: in charge of theatre in England licensed group who could do certain plays

  5. Elizabethan Theater age of enlightenment in England and Europe many great writers - disregarded the three unities - great freedom to explore styles - violence was allowed on stage - mixed poetry and prose in a play - mixed comedy and tragedy in a play

  6. Elizabethan Playwrights Three giants of the time: - Christopher Marlowe - Ben Jonson - William Shakespeare

  7. Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) great dramatist tragedy was his specialty died at age 29 wrote seven plays Dr. Faustus – his greatest work

  8. Ben Jonson (1572- 1637) classic writer he wrote masques for the courts of England -great productions- (much like a musical review of today) -songs -dance -skits worked with the great set designer of the time Indigo Jones

  9. Wm Shakespeare (1564-1616) greatest playwright of his age only had a grade school education married at 18- Anne Hathaway he worked as an -actor -manager - writer

  10. Wm Shakespeare (1564-1616) Queen Elizabeth I gave him a coat of arms wrote 38 plays in categories - histories - comedies - tragedies - fantasies famous for soliloquies

  11. Theaters of England The Theatre 1576 built by James Burbage held 1500 people built outside of London avoided the city’s rules about theatre

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