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Shakespear‘s Time - The Elizabethan Age

September 7th, 1533: Elizabeth I, the only daughter of Anne Boleyn, was born at Greenwich Palace, London, an estate of her Father, King Henry VIII
1544: Elizabeth was brought up in the Protestant faith.
She was learning French and Italian and was interested in philosophy and politics.
1547: Her father, Henry VIII died. Her half-brother Edward ascended the throne
1553: After the death of Edward VI. Mary Tudor, Elizabeth’s half sister, took the throne.
1558: Elizabeth rejected a marriage proposal from Philip II the King of Spain.
1559: Mary died and Elizabeth became queen. It began “the Elizabethan Age”.
1580: Between England and Spain, a war broke out for naval supremacy.
1588: England won the war and the triumph leaded exclusive power at the sea
1599: Shakespeare often played with his troupe in the courtyard of the Queen

24.03.1603: Queen Elizabeth died after 44 years of rule. She left a powerful empire. Since Elizabeth had never married, she entered in the story as the Virgin Queen.


What was it like to be a playwright in that era?

•Hard time for playwrights to make money and become famous
-> Big competitors
-> They wrote many plays and had to be lucky that they have been published
-> Many theaters have been rewritten just to play it again


Elizabethan theater (Theater at the time of Shakespeare)

•Elizabeth’s love for the theater made England a cultural center for theater enthusiast
-> every 2 weeks there were newe comedies or tragedies to premiere

•Teatre was renowned as a craft.
-> Nonworkers earned their bread and butter with acting

•Theater evolved from medieval miracle plays and performances of biblical stories

•Genesis of the theater form Shakespearean (“Shakespeare-Bühne”)
-> An open from three sides, only in the rear wall closed stage

•Emergence of professional acting-troops (10 to 12 actors)
-> Most important acting-troop: Lord Chamberlain’s Men

•Attended by different social strata