the renaissance drama
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The Renaissance Drama. What information have you to know about Renaissance drama ?. When it flourished Its themes Its language The companies of actors The playhouse The playwrights William Shakespeare. 1534 Henry VIII’s schism from the Roman church The end of Medieval - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The Renaissance Drama
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What information have you to know about
Renaissance drama?When it flourishedIts themes Its languageThe companies of actorsThe playhouseThe playwrightsWilliam Shakespeare
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1534Henry VIII’s schism
from the Roman church
The end of Medieval religious drama
1558 - 1642 Elizabeth I ascended the throne
Drama reflects the humanistic spirit of the new age
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Renaissance drama deals with:
• Human nature;• Man’s life;• The man’s destiny on earth;• The man’s position in the universe;• English history to express the pride of the nation.
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The common language expresses
• Strong emotions•Disruptive passions •Joyful
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The main characteristics of actors:
• They belong to all the social classes;
• They travelled;
• They were servants of a Lord;
• They called their companies with the Lord’s name;
• There were no women;
• Young boys played women’s roles.
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Before Elizabethan throne
Playhouse Movable platformsTown square
The Elizabethan playhouse:• Circular or polygonal in shape;• The stage consisted of a rectangular place;• Around the theatre there were three tiers of galleries;•There weren’t used painted scenary.
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The first group of playwright:
the “University Wits”Lyly
Marlowe
Endymion, Midas
Tamburlaine, Edward II, Doctor Faustus, The Jew of Malta
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Identikit
Name: WilliamSurname: ShakespeareBirthday: 1564Death: 1616Profession: playwright and actorCompany: The King’s menTragedies: Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, OthelloComedies: The Comedy of Errors, Midsummer
Night ‘s Dream, The Twelfth NightThe Roman plays: Julius Caesar, Antony and
Cleoplatra, CoriolanusRomances: Cymbeline, The Winter’s Tale, The
Tempest
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