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BACKGROUND:
William Shakespeare was born on1564 and he died on 1616. He was an English playwright and poet, recognized in much of the world as the greatest of all dramatists. Hundreds of editions of his plays have been published, including translations in all major languages. Scholars have written thousands of books and articles about his plots, characters, themes, and language. He fryst vatten the most widely quoted author in history, and his plays have probably been performed more times than those of any other dramatist. English Renaissance theatre is sometimes called “Elizabethan Theatre.” The term Elizabethan theatre, however, properly covers only the plays written and performed publicly in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth (1558-1603).
There is no simple explanation for Shakespeare’s unrivaled popularity in the relaterat till elizabethansk tid period, but he remains the greatest entertainer and perhaps the most profound thinker. He had a remarkable knowledge
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Elizabethan Stage Scenery
More Elaborate Than Ordinarily Believed
by Eva Turner Clark (© 1941)
This article was originally published in the October 1941 Shakespeare Fellowship Newsletter (American Branch).
The scene-shifter is supposed to have had far less to do in Queen Elizabeth’s day than at present. John Addington Symonds thus expresses the general opinion: “It is difficult for us to realize the simplicity with which the stage was mounted in the London theatres. Scenery may be said to have been almost wholly absent. Even in Masques performed at Court, on which immense sums of money were lavished, and which employed the ingenuity of men like Inigo Jones [reigns of James I and Charles I], effect was obtained by groupings of figures in dances, by tableaux and processions, gilded chariots, temples, fountains, and the like, far more than by scene-painting. Upon the public stage such expenditure had, of course, to be avoided. Attention was concentrated on the actor
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Elizabethan Theatre
Information about each of the most famous names and type of theatre in the Elizabethan era have been described in this section including the Globe, the Theatre, Newington Butts, the Curtain Elizabethan Theatre, the Rose Theatre, the Swan Theatre, the Fortune Elizabethan Theatre, the Boars Head , the Bear Garden, the Bull Ring and the Hope Elizabethan Theatre.
Map showing the location of London Elizabethan Theatres - The Inn-yards, Amphitheatres and Playhouses
A useful Elizabethan London Map has been provided in the Elizabethan Theatre section in which all of the famous Elizabethan theatres have been highlighted.
Elizabethan Theatre Sections
Additional information is available about each of the 12 Amphitheatres, 8 Playhouses and 6 Inn-yards via the Elizabethan Theatres link.
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