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when was king George 3rds peroid of madness
1810-1820 - king lear was not performed at this time
london’s population increased from 50,000
to 225,000 from 1530-1605
who did shakespeare need to keep happy and entertain w out being treasonable
the people and the king
who is tom o bedlam
a character who appears in 17th century poetry who has been discharged from the Bethlam asylm
why did Nahum Tate’s version have more conventional morality?
because the ‘good’ characters lived, cordelia married Edgar, lear lived to old age, this version was played for 150 years
what did king james write and what was his religion
the King James Bible, protestant christianity
what did king james believe in which gave him god-given power
the divine right of kings - kings were chosen by god
chain of being -those higher up were seen as closer to god
what showed king james’ contempt for women
his beliefs about witchcraft and the witchtrials, wrote book ‘daemonologie’
what did king james unite and how
united both england and Scotland, made Union Jack, therefore lear’s division juxtaposes this
how were people in poverty/poor treated in the 17th century
like outsiders from society - fool, poor tom, lear
in the 17th century what happened to people who refused to work
they were whipped
