The Elizabethan Age Elizabethan Theatre and Shakespeare A

The Elizabethan Age, Elizabethan Theatre, and Shakespeare A Collaborative Project

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The Elizabethan Age 1. 1. The. Members epoch in Tudorclasses periodinof. England the history England during the reign Queen of the lower were of mainly uneducated, so they didofnot usually Elizabeth I. keep journals or written records describing their own lives. 2. 2. Known asas the by historians. Known the. Golden Age by 3. 3. Represented the English Renaissance andthe saw the flowering of music poetry, Representedthe apogee ofofthe English Renaissance and saw flowering of poetry, music literature. andand literature. 4. 4. Elizabeth provided with increasedprosperity in large to stealing Elizabeth providedthe thecountry with duedue in large part to stealing from Spanish treasure withlow lowdefenses, selling African slaves. Spanish treasureships, raidingsettlements with andand selling African slaves. 5. 5. English achievements werenoteworthy in this Much English achievements in in exploration were in this era. Much scientific/technological relatedtotonavigation. scientific/technologicalprogress related 6. 6. In response andhave reaction Errol modern “the rich men gottentoallhyperbole(films into their hands of and will. Flynn), starve the poor” historians/biographers tended to take atheological dispassionate view offrom the Tudor period. 7. have Almost no original thought came the English Reformation: instead the 7. Almost no original theological thought came from the English Reformation: Church relied on the Catholic Consensus of the first Four Ecumenical Councils. instead the Church relied on the Catholic Consensus of the first Four Ecumenical Councils.

Elizabethan Theatre ● ● ● ● ● Called morality plays, plays in the 16 th century were based on religious theme and showed good and bad conduct English playwrights began to write comedies and tragedies during the Elizabethan Age Plays soon became more popular and theatres were built to replace the courtyard inns previously used When theatre was open, plays had to be shown during daylight A flag was flown at the top of theatres when a play was being performed Very little scenery, so the character would tell the audience where the scene was set. Women’s parts were played by boys Long speeches gave actors a chance to change their clothes. Puritans disapproved of the non-religious nature of the plays, and believed they stopped people from attending church

William Shakespeare (1564 -1616) ● Allegedly attended the King’s New School, a grammar school that focused on reading and writing skills in Stratford, England. ● Married Anne Hathaway at age 18 and had 3 children a girl and a set of twins, one of whom died as a child. ● There’s a 7 -year period of Shakespeare’s life (1585 -1592) after his twins were born where no records of him exist. They are nicknamed “the lost years”. However, it is widely accepted that he probably found work in nicer theatres as a horse attendant in London or acting and writing plays. ● By the late 1590’s, Shakespeare and his business partners had built their own theatre, which they named the Globe Theatre.

William Shakespeare (1564 -1616) ● Though the exact number is debated, Shakespeare wrote at least 37 plays and over 150 poems, with the main genres being comedies, dramas, tragedies, and tragicomedies. ● Although Shakespeare is considered to be one of the world’s most famous poets and playwrights, very little is actually known about his life, and some historians actually doubted his existence at all because of how little documentation there is of his existence. ● Shakespeare’s exact cause of death is unknown, but it is believed he died following a brief illness, like a fever.

Shakespeare’s Plays Hamlet is currently Shakespeare’s most popular play Hamlet has been translated into more than 75 languages His plays were originally performed in theatres such as The Rose and The Globe In the first Folio of 1623, the earliest edition of Shakespeare's collected plays, they are divided into Comedies, Histories and Tragedies. No romances. ❖ Not all of his plays are original. He drew inspiration from many sources. For example, for the histories Shakespeare relied heavily on Holinshed's Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland. He also used Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae and other books by historians. ❖ Shakespeare sometimes had the same character appear over and over. For example, the character 'Bardolph' appears in 4 plays. ❖ During his lifetime, about half of Shakespeare's plays were printed as one-play quartos. A quarto is a small book, made by folding printed sheets twice to create four doublesided leaves or eight pages. ❖ ❖

Shakespeare in America 1. The first recorded production in America of a play by Shakespeare took place in 1730 in New York City – an amateur performance of Romeo and Juliet. 2. Appropriated by those who wanted to get rid of the British and the people who defended the British, the lines “to be or not to be” were commonly used in America 3. Shakespeare has been used in fights over gender and race on college campuses, mainly in the 1980 s 4. President Abraham Lincoln’s favorite Shakespeare play was Macbeth. President Lincoln was assassinated by actor John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theatre. Ironically, as Booth fled into hiding, he also quoted from Macbeth in the last words of his diary: “I must fight the course. ’ Tis all that’s left me. ”

Shakespeare in America 5. Many presidents were very engrossed with Shakespeare’s works, like John Adams and Abraham Lincoln, and would often use Shakespeare’s material in their speeches and campaigns.

References The Elizabethan Age: "Daily Life in the Elizabethan Era. " Elizabethan World Reference Library. . Encyclopedia. com. 16 Oct. 2020 <https: //www. encyclopedia. com>. "The Dark Side of Elizabethan Era. " History Extra, Immediate Media Company, 10 Mar. 2016, www. historyextra. com/period/elizabethan/the-dark-side-ofelizabethan-england/. Accessed 19 Oct. 2020. Elizabethan Theater: "Popular Entertainment. " Bitesize, BBC, 2020, www. bbc. co. uk/bitesize/guides/ zpscng 8/revision/3. Accessed 19 Oct. 2020. William Shakespeare: "William Shakespeare Biography. " Biography, 2020, www. biography. com/writer/ william-shakespeare. Accessed 19 Oct. 2020.

References Shakespeare’s Plays: Estill, Laura, and Eric Johnson. "Fun international facts about Shakespeare. "British Council, 19 Mar. 2015, www. britishcouncil. org/voicesmagazine/fun-international-facts-about-shakespeare. Accessed 19 Oct. 2020. Estille, Laura. "Was Shakespeare as popular in his own time as he is now? "British Council, 9 June 2015, www. britishcouncil. org/voices-magazine/was-shakespearepopular-his-own-time-he-now. Accessed 19 Oct. 2020. "Publishing Shakespeare. " Folger Shakespeare Library, Folger, www. folger. edu/publishing-shakespeare. Accessed 19 Oct. 2020.

References Shakespeare in America: Shapiro, James, editor. "How William Shakespeare Shaped America. " History Extra, 2020, www. historyextra. com/period/elizabethan/how-william-shakespeare-shaped-america-ushistory-othello-race-politics/. Accessed 19 Oct. 2020.