Elizabethan Drama Literature
Elizabethan Drama Literature
Elizabethan
The reign of Queen Elizabthan I saw the first popular theatres built in London, putting on plays by great writers such as Marlowe, Shakespeare and Jonson. These sites provide more information about this era.
Top: Arts: Literature: Drama: Elizabethan
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- Detailed listing of people involved with the Early modern theatre.
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- A brief biography of an important figure in Elizabethan theatre.
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- An illustrated lecture on the development of the Elizabethan theatre, covering both playhouses and the dramas performed.
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- An index of poems by some of the most important dramatists of the sixteenth century, including William Shakespeare, Torquato Tasso, and Lope de Vega.
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- An essay which discusses references to pilgrimage in Elizabethan and Jacobean plays.
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- An archive of articles on sixteenth century theatre.
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- A illustrated history of the Elizabethan Globe Theatre and the modern Southwark reproduction.
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- Full and thorough listing of all Elizabethan and Jacobean plays.
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- A history of Renaissance Drama from its Medieval Origins to the Closing of the Theatres.
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- Collection of Renaissance and Medieval drama and related works.
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- In an essay entitled 'Wrong Side of the River,' Jessica Browner considers London's disreputable south bank in the sixteenth and seventeenth century.
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- History of the first theatre South of the Thames together with details of the excavation of the site.
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- Examines the development of the theatres and stages from Medieval drama to Shakespeare's time.
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- An overview of Elizabethan Theatre; covers regulation and licensing of plays, objections to playhouses, companies of actors, and composition and ownership of plays.
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- The two matters considered in depth are the relationship between the design of performance arenas in Elizabethan England and those of Ancient Rome, and Early Modern Plays with a Roman theme.
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- Review of Surveillance, Militarism and Drama in the era of Shakespeare and Marlowe. Background for historical plays.
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- An essay considering the reasons behind the Puritan opposition to the Early Modern theatre.
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- An examination of attempts by the Puritans and the London Corporation to shut down the theaters, as well as the royal protection which allowed the theaters to thrive.
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