ELIZABETHAN THEATRE

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ELIZABETHAN THEATRE

• THE GLOBE

MATIS LEIMA XI A
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TERMINOLOGY

• The term "Elizabethan theatre", covers only the
  plays written and performed publicly in England
  during the reign of Queen Elizabeth (15581603)

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THEATRES

• The Theatre 1576
• Curtain Theatre 1577
• The Rose 1587
• The Swan 1595
• The Globe 1599
• The Fortune 1600
• Red Bull 1604
• No plays allowed within the city

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THE GLOBE

• Built in 1599
• In use until 1613
• Burned to the ground
• The site of the theatre was rediscovered
• A reconstruction was built Shakespeares Globe
  in 1997

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STRUCTURE

• individual differences
• yet a similar general plan 
• three stories high
• built around an open space
• polygonal in plan

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• the stage a platform surrounded on three sides
  by the audience
• Entrances, exits and seating for the musicians
• built of timber
• thatched roofs

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COSTUMES

• the main visual appeal on stage was in the
  costumes
• often bright in color
• expensive
• usually players wore contemporary clothing
• a lead character would wear a more historically
  accurate clothing

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PLAYWRIGHTS

• No women
• Men from modest backgrounds
• Educated at either Oxford or Cambridge
• The majority do not seem to have been performers
• Christopher Marlowe was killed in an apparent
  tavern brawl
• Ben Jonson killed an actor in a duel
• Several soldiers

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• William Shakespeare
• Christopher Marlowe
• Ben Jonson

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