The Renaissance Drama

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The Renaissance Drama
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What information have you to know about
Renaissance drama?

• When it flourished
• Its themes
• Its language
• The companies of actors
• The playhouse
• The playwrights
• William Shakespeare

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• 1534
• Henry VIIIs schism
• from
• the Roman church
• The end of Medieval
• religious drama
• 1558 - 1642
• Elizabeth I ascended the throne
• Drama reflects the
  humanistic spirit of the new age

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• Renaissance drama deals with
• Human nature
• Mans life
• The mans destiny on earth
• The mans position in the universe
• English history to express the pride of the
  nation.

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• The common language
• expresses

• Strong emotions
• Disruptive passions
• Joyful

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• The main characteristics of actors
• They belong to all the social classes
• They travelled
• They were servants of a Lord
• They called their companies with the Lords name
• There were no women
• Young boys played womens roles.

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• Before Elizabethan throne
• Playhouse

Movable platforms Town square

• The Elizabethan playhouse
• Circular or polygonal in shape
• The stage consisted of a rectangular place
• Around the theatre there were three tiers of
  galleries
• There werent used painted scenary.

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• The first group of playwright
• the University Wits

Lyly Marlowe
Endymion, Midas
Tamburlaine, Edward II, Doctor Faustus, The Jew
of Malta
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• Identikit
• Name William
• Surname Shakespeare
• Birthday 1564
• Death 1616
• Profession playwright and actor
• Company The Kings men
• Tragedies Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello
• Comedies The Comedy of Errors, Midsummer
• Night s Dream, The Twelfth Night
• The Roman plays Julius Caesar, Antony and
  Cleoplatra, Coriolanus
• Romances Cymbeline, The Winters Tale, The
  Tempest

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