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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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[EMLS 4.1 (May, 1998 8.1-4] Review of Surveillance, Militarism and Drama in the Elizabethan Era Tillyardian and conservative view of the period that is still sometimes echoed, the many scores of men and women whose torture during interrogation we know to have been officially authorized may likewise have been able to comfort themselves with the...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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Elizabethan Playhouses, Actors, and Audiences This article was originally published in A Short History of the Theatre. Martha Fletcher Bellinger. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1927. pp. 207-13. THIS populace that watched with joy the cruel torment of a bear or the execution of...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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Condemnation of the Elizabethan Theater E come again to a period when the influence of the Church was arrayed against the theater; and this time its efforts towards its suppression were markedly successful. It is perhaps unnecessary to recall to the reader that the London...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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Ancient Rome and English Renaissance Theatre The posthumous influence of ancient Rome has no parallel in history. When the last emperor was forcibly retired in AD 476, the empire continued in the East in what became known as the Byzantine Empire; in the West, any advance...History of the first theatre South of the Thames together with details of the excavation of the site.
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The Rose Bankside's First Theatre The first was published in 1593, at a time when there were only two arena-shaped buildings on Bankside: the Rose (here marked as The playhowse) and the Bear Gardens. The second, Civitas Londini (1600 includes the four Bankside playhouses (The...An illustrated lecture on the development of the Elizabethan theatre, covering both playhouses and the dramas performed.
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The Elizabethan Theatre ...A illustrated history of the Elizabethan Globe Theatre and the modern Southwark reproduction.
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The New Globe This document presents lesson plans for a six-session course about the resurrection of the Globe Theatre. The course introduces the participant to the theatre, spreads awareness of its history and re-establishment, and encourages further exploration of the subject. Lessons presented...A brief biography of an important figure in Elizabethan theatre.
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Philip Henslowe (c.1550-1616) He had been apprenticed to a dyer, and after his master's death, married his rich widow. This fortuitous match allowed Henslowe to acquire much property, including inns, lodging houses, and Bankside brothels. In addition to wealth, the marriage gained Henslowe...An essay considering the reasons behind the Puritan opposition to the Early Modern theatre.
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Puritanism and the Theatre The starting point for this paper is a quotation from the University preacher, John Rainolds. He said that ‘The vanity and unlawfulness of plays and interludes hath often been spoken against by the holy men of God It is fair...An essay which discusses references to pilgrimage in Elizabethan and Jacobean plays.
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Pilgrimage and the Early Modern Stage Of all the developments in English society over the period of the Renaissance, few left deeper footprints than the Reformation. In the space of a single lifetime England’s state sanctioned religion went officially from Roman Catholicism to Catholicism under the...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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Wrong Side of the River: London's disreputable South Bank in the sixteenth and seventeenth century. Jessica A. Browner Bank in the sixteenth and seventeenth century. Jessica A. Browner It is a commonplace of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English history that Southwark was the most disreputable quarter of London. It was lambasted by pamphleteers, and damned by Puritan preachers Better...Full and thorough listing of all Elizabethan and Jacobean plays.
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The Early Modern Drama Database The data can be viewed sorted by: Play Title Playwright Date Company Playhouse These tables organize the most accurate available data on the performance of Early Modern English drama in London from 1576, when the first public playhouse was constructed,...A history of Renaissance Drama from its Medieval Origins to the Closing of the Theatres.
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drama English drama is important because it shows how the instinct for dramatic representation finds its outlets, it tells us a great deal about the workings of the popular imagination, and it throws some light on the themes and conventions of...Detailed listing of people involved with the Early modern theatre.
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Biographical Index of English Drama Before 1660 This index is a complete annotated list of all playwrights, actors, patrons, musicians, and miscellaneous other people active in English drama before 1660. Each entry contains basic information about the person's dates and dramatic activities, along with a list of...Examines the development of the theatres and stages from Medieval drama to Shakespeare's time.
http://web.uvic.ca/shakespeare/Library/SLT/stage/stagesubj.html
An archive of articles on sixteenth century theatre.
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16th Century Theatre Database An examination of attempts by the Church and the London Corporation to shut down the theaters, as well as the royal protection which allowed the theaters to thrive. Court Comedies and Masques An analysis of two groups of sixteenth century...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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Poems by 16th Century Dramatists Italian improvised drama and its stock characters. The Earliest English Comedies A history of the beginning of English comedy; specifically examines Nicholas Udall's Ralph Roister Doister and the anonymous Gammer Gurton's Needle. Elizabethan Playhouses, Actors, and Audiences An overview of...Details of the annual Conference, at the Shakespeare Institute Stratford where postgraduate students submit work on Shakespeare and his contemporary dramatists. The site includes the text of papers delivered.
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The British Graduate Shakespeare Conference The British Graduate Shakespeare Conference University Fast Find Site Index Schools Departments Telephone Directory Email Directory Useful Contacts Frequently Asked Questions Directions Maps Acronym Directory Vacancies THE BRITISH GRADUATE SHAKESPEARE CONFERENCE Britgrad Home Introduction Programme Travel Info email: britgrad@yahoo.com How...Collection of Renaissance and Medieval drama and related works.
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Records of Early English Drama (REED) D is an international scholarly project that is establishing for the first time the broad context from which the great drama of Shakespeare and his contemporaries grew. REED examines the historical MSS that provide external evidence of drama, secular music,...