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Title: Elizabethan Drama


1
Elizabethan Drama
  • Fabio Pesaresi
  • fpesaresi_at_alice.it

2
English tradition
  • Popular
  • Religious
  • Entertaining

3
Renaissance
  • Classical Theatre
  • is studied
  • at Universities

4
Aristotle
  • The public can identify with the characters
  • but the playwright must respect
  • 1. Unity of place
  • 2. Unity of time
  • 3. Unity of plot

5
University Wits
  • Students at University
  • They appreciate Seneca for his tragedies

6
Senecan Tragedies
  • Cruelty and bloodsheds represented on stage
  • Ghosts
  • Strong characters
  • Atmosphere of horror
  • Revenge theme

7
The villain
  • Senecan character
  • Machiavellan prince

8
Machiavelli in England
  • In England
  • Machiavelli is synonym with
  • Ruthlessness
  • Cruelty
  • Revenge
  • Intrigue
  • Corruption

9
Machiavelli
  • The Prince
  • Political treaty on good government
  • The Prince must protect the State, even if this
    means suppressing the individual

10
Senecan Tragedies
  • Norton Sackville Gorboduc (1561)
  • Thomas Kyd The Spanish Tragedy(1585)

11
Kyds Theatre
  • Ghosts
  • Horrors
  • Villains

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