England Flashcards
red army and white army = married and peace
cambyses
draws from morality plays
allegorical figures
Gorbuduc
thomas sackville and norton
- political statement theatre
- first english tragedy (everyone dies)
—- message to elizabeth to have kids
henry 8th
- six wives
- gave birth to elizabeth 1
- catholic
acors - vagrants (getting taxed now)
- if group of actors get hired as servants they are tax evasion
in 1570 acting becomes profession
(you need a licence and patronage)
nobility who is backing you up
2 famous actor troupes compete
- lord chamberlain’s men (later become king’s men)
— shakespeare
— james and richard burbage
— Will kemp (famous clown) - lord admirals men
– philip henslowe (diary)
– edward alleyn
both groups had about 25 members
- leads
- background
- few young boys (for female roles)
- clowns
(no law for no women on stage btw)
university wits - These guys pave way for shakespeare
These guys pave way for shakespeare
- early dramas
Robert Greene
- comedies and pastorals
wrote A LOT of stuff
Jon Lyly
- pastorals, explores psych
- Euphuism (full of literary devices , ornate, highly crafted)
Thomas Kid
- the spanish tragedy (most popular of 16th century)
- its giving hamlet
- pay within a play
-revenge play – trend begins
Christopher Marlowe
- sophisticated plays
— dr faustus, Edwards II
(atleast as good as shakespeare)
- he was mysteriously killed in a bar fight (or maybe he was a spy) (or maybe gay)
- could have competed with shakespeare if he had lived)
(they all went to university, exept for maybe thomas kid)
– they all would have learned latin by reading roman plays
ancient rome and greece coming through education
Shakespeare
stratford upon avon
marries ann hathaway
has child names Hammnet
- he was not that loved as a playwright
join earl of leicester’s men (later chamberlain’s men)
has brother named edmund (has really bad character with same name in king lear)
advantages of not being aristocrat
- Experienced actor (to write better plays)
- wrote to his collegues’ strength
- saw audience reactions
Conspariesis
- he didnt go to uni so he wasnt a nobleman so how tf did he write all this
(exet he went to grammar school, studied rhetoric. issues of geography and history)
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Theatres
- most theatres in schools, uni, in inns of court, and court
- none allowed within city of london
- “theatre is dirty” and thats where plague spreads
1567:
- inn was used for one show for sure (likely poorly built, cuz there was law suit on carpenter who built it)
1576: first theatre in shoerditch, built by James Burbage
1596: disupte over lease of theatre, chamberlain’s men have to perform at a different theatre (but they want more permanent theatre space)
1598: its christmas, landlord is away.
take apart the theatre - carry accross river, and build again. Burbages sons let actors uy ownership, and how shakespeare comes to be part of the chamberlain’s men
southwark
outside city
- where all the fun entertainment happens
- bear baiting
- bull baiting
- taverns
- brothels
- 2 theatres (rose and swan)
outside of the city authorities
only sketch of swan theatre
by johann dewitt (or actually the copy van buchel’s copy of it)
indoor vs outdoor theatre
- indoor 6 times more expensice
- cuz of candles lighting smells like beef fat
audience beaviour
- swan theatre was destroyed by audiences
routiness at theatres
music was banned in fortune theatre cuz audience had outrages and tumults
people came in to the theatre to be seen to find mate
