1. THEATRE IN SHAKESPEARES TIME

2. Tudor and Elizabethan Theatrebefore Shakespeare Ralph Roister Doister by Nicholas Udall (1505-1566) Gammer Gurtons Needle, by Mr. S written 1552-1553 A Lamentable Tragedy Mixed Full of Pleasant Mirth, Containing the Life of Cambises, King of Persia, from the beginning of his Kingdom, Unto his Death, His One Good Deed of Execution, after that Many Wicked Deeds and Tyrannous Murders Committed by and Through Him, and last of all, His Odious Death by Gods Justice Appointed, by Thomas Preston (1537-1598). Play produced in 1561 The first English Tragedy Gorboduc (Ferrex and Porrex), by Thomas Sackville and Thomas Norton, produced in 1561 The Coventry Cycle: Corpus Christi Pageants The University Wits 3. Shakespeares Early Life Born in April 1564, possibly on April 23rd Lived in Stratford-upon-Avon Went to school Married Anne Hathaway Had 3 children Left for London 4. How many days would it take? 5. Chronology of Shakespeares Plays 1590-91 Henry VI, Part II, Henry VI, Part III 1591-92 Henry VI, Part I 1592-93 Richard III, Comedy of Errors 1593-94 Titus Andronicus, Taming of the Shrew 1594-95 Two Gentlemen of Verona, Loves Labours Lost, Romeo and Juliet 1595-96 Richard II, A Midsummer Nights Dream 1596-97 King John, The Merchant of Venice 1597-98 Henry IV, Part I, Henry IV, Part II 1598-99 Much Ado About Nothing, Henry V 1599-1600 Julius Caesar, As You Like It, Twelfth Night 1600-01 Hamlet, The Merry Wives of Windsor 1601-02 Troilus and Cressida 1602-03 Alls Well That Ends Well 1604-05 Measure for Measure, Othello 1605-06 King Lear, Macbeth 1606-07 Antony and Cleopatra 1607-08 Coriolanus, Timon of Athens WARNING! 1608-09 Pericles 1609-10 CymbelineThis timeline is 1610-11 The Winters Tale considered debatable! 1611-12 The Tempest 1612-13 Henry VIII, The Two Noble Kinsmen 6. The Competition 7. Playwrights Thomas Kyd Christopher Marlowe Ben Jonson Fletcher and Beaumont John Webster Philip Massinger Thomas Middleton 8. Christopher Marlowe Born 2 months before Shakespeare His father was a shoemaker Educated in Canterbury, then Cambridge Went to London in 1587? Achieved fame beforeShakespeare Killed in Deptford in 1593 Great command ofblank verse 9. Iambic Pentameter ala Kit M. You stars that reignd at my nativity, Whose influence hath allotted death and hell, Now draw up Faustus like a foggy mist Into entrails of yon labouring clouds, That when they vomit forth into the air, My limbs may issue from their smokymouths, So that my soul may but ascend to Heaven. 10. Kit Marlowe, continued 11. Quotes from Marlowe Was this the face that launched a thousandships? Come live with me and be my love,And we will all the pleasures prove 12. Performance Spaces 13. 3 types of venues for Elizabethan plays: Inn-yards - the original venues of plays - manyconverted to playhouses Open air amphitheaters - generally used duringsummer months, then acting companies movedindoors Playhouses used during winter The Rose BlackfriarsThe George Inn 14. Elizabethan & JacobeanTheatres 15. The Globe 16. Seeing a show at the Globe 17. Costumes 18. An actor could be fined several pounds for taking acostume out of the tiring house Oftentimes, theatre producers spent more on costumesthan they did on a playwrights payment Costumes and props could be rented Sometimes royal patronspaid for special costumes 19. Whats so remarkable about thiscostume?(It was made for a man!) 20. Theatre Companies The Earl of Leicesters Men The Queens Men The Lord Chamberlains Men The Admirals MenRichard Burbage 21. Shakespeares Later LifeWilliam Shakespeare spenthis last days in Stratford-upon-Avon.He died April 23, 1616, aged52.GOOD FREND FOR IESVS SAKEFOREBEARE,TO DIGG THE DVST ENCLOASED HEARE.BLESTE BE YE MAN YT SPARES THESSTONES,AND CVRST BE HE YT MOVES MY BONES. 22. A Shakespearian CuriosityThe 46th Psalm of the King James BibleGod is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore willnot we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains becarried into the midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof roar and betroubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah. Thereis a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place ofthe tabernacles of the most High. God is in the midst of her; she shall not bemoved: God shall help her, and that right early. The heathen raged, thekingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted. The LORD ofhosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. Come, behold the worksof the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth. He maketh wars tocease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear insunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire. Be still, and know that I am God: I willbe exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. The LORD ofhosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.