Theatre and William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Theatre and
William Shakespeare
(1564-1616)
Introduction
Context:
Invention of printing machine in 1485
; William Caxton
issued the first imaginative book to be published in
England -Sir Thomas Malory’s retelling of the Arthurian
legends as
Le Morte D’Arthur
Exploration of the World
In 1492, Christopher Columbus’s voyage to the Americas
opened European eyes to the existence of the New World.
Rise of Renaissance “ the rebirth of learning and culture”
Elizabethan Age(1558-1603)
Renaissance reached its peak during the reign of Queen
Elizabeth I.
In 1588, the Spanish Armada, the fleet of the Catholic King
Philip of Spain, was defeated.
Theatre in Elizabethan Age
First public theatre in 1576, the stage became the place for
debate, spectacle, and entertainment.
Hence it led to the development of modern English as a
national language.
University Wits
Christopher Marlowe, Robert Greene, George Peele,
Thomas Nashe and Thomas Lodge
Theatre
Tragedy
Comedy
Terence
Plautus
Seneca
Mediaeval Plays
Mystery, Miracle, Morality plays and Court Interludes
First Comedy-
Ralph Roister Doister
(1552) by Nicholas
Udall
First Tragedy-
Gorboduc
(1561) by Thomas Norton and
Thomas Sackville
Shakespeare’s Globe
Theatre
Thrust
stage
Shakespeare’s Company
●
The Lord Chamberlain’s
●
The King’s Men
His works
●
37 plays
●
154 sonnets
●
2 long poems-
Venus and Adonis
(1593)
The rape of
Lucrece
(1594)
Shakespeare’s Life (
26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616)
An English playwright, poet, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English
language and the world's greatest dramatist.
He is often called England's
national poet
and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "the Bard")
Shakespeare was born and raised in
Stratford-upon-Avon
,
Warwickshire
. At the age of 18, he
married
Anne Hathaway
, with whom he had three children:
Susanna
and twins
Hamnet
and
Judith
. Sometime between 1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in London as an actor,
writer, and part-owner of a
playing company
.
At age 49 (around 1613), he appears to have retired to
Stratford, where he died three years later.
First Publication of His Works
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As You Like It: A Pastoral Comedy
The direct and immediate source of
As You Like It
is
Thomas Lodge
's
Rosalynde, Euphues Golden Legacie
, written 1586–87 and first published
in 1590. Lodge's story is based upon "
The Tale of Gamelyn
".
As You Like It
was first printed in the collected edition of Shakespeare's
plays, known as the
First Folio
, during 1623. By means of evidences,
external and internal, the date of composition of the play has been
approximately fixed at a period between the end of 1598 and the middle of
1599.
Macbeth
A tragedy
placed near to Shakespeare's other greatest tragedies,
Hemlet, Othello and King Lear
Publication
Macbeth
cannot be dated precisely.
Some scholars have placed the original writing of
the play as early as
1599,
but most believe that the play is unlikely to have been
composed earlier than
1603,
as the play is widely seen to celebrate King James'
ancestors and the Stuart accession to the throne in 1603. Many people agree that
Macbeth
was written in the year
1606
, citing multiple allusions to the Gunpowder Plot of
1605 and its ensuing trials. However, A. R. Braunmuller finds the 1605–06 arguments
inconclusive, and argues only for an earliest date of 1603. Simon Forman saw
Macbeth
at the Globe in 1610 or 1611.
Macbeth
was first printed in the First Folio of 1623.
The vibrant cultural landscape of the Elizabethan Age, characterized by the flourishing of theatre, the brilliance of William Shakespeare, and the societal transformations brought about by the Renaissance. Explore the significant historical events, literary achievements, and the impact of theatre on language development during this era.
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Theatre and William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Introduction Context: Invention of printing machine in 1485; William Caxton issued the first imaginative book to be published in England -Sir Thomas Malory s retelling of the Arthurian legends as Le Morte D Arthur
Exploration of the World In 1492, Christopher Columbus s voyage to the Americas opened European eyes to the existence of the New World. Rise of Renaissance the rebirth of learning and culture
Elizabethan Age(1558-1603) Renaissance reached its peak during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. In 1588, the Spanish Armada, the fleet of the Catholic King Philip of Spain, was defeated.
Theatre in Elizabethan Age First public theatre in 1576, the stage became the place for debate, spectacle, and entertainment. Hence it led to the development of modern English as a national language.
University Wits Christopher Marlowe, Robert Greene, George Peele, Thomas Nashe and Thomas Lodge
Theatre Comedy Tragedy Terence Plautus Seneca
Mediaeval Plays Mystery, Miracle, Morality plays and Court Interludes First Comedy-Ralph Roister Doister (1552) by Nicholas Udall First Tragedy-Gorboduc (1561) by Thomas Norton and Thomas Sackville
Shakespeares Globe Theatre Thrust stage
Shakespeares Company The Lord Chamberlain s The King s Men His works 37 plays 154 sonnets 2 long poems- Venus and Adonis (1593) The rape of Lucrece (1594)
Shakespeares Life (26 April 1564 23 April 1616) An English playwright, poet, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "the Bard") Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children: Susanna and twins Hamnet and Judith. Sometime between 1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part-owner of a playing company. At age 49 (around 1613), he appears to have retired to Stratford, where he died three years later.
First Publication of His Works In 1623, two fellow actors and friends of Shakespeare's, John Heminges and Henry Condell, published a more definitive text known as the First Folio, a posthumous collected edition of Shakespeare's dramatic works that included all but two of his plays. The volume was prefaced with a poem by Ben Jonson, in which Jonson presciently hailed Shakespeare in a now-famous quote as "not of an age, but for all time".
As You Like It: A Pastoral Comedy The direct and immediate source of As You Like It is Thomas Lodge's Rosalynde, Euphues Golden Legacie, written 1586 87 and first published in 1590. Lodge's story is based upon "The Tale of Gamelyn". As You Like It was first printed in the collected edition of Shakespeare's plays, known as the First Folio, during 1623. By means of evidences, external and internal, the date of composition of the play has been approximately fixed at a period between the end of 1598 and the middle of 1599.
Macbeth A tragedyplaced near to Shakespeare's other greatest tragedies, Hemlet, Othello and King Lear Publication Macbeth cannot be dated precisely.Some scholars have placed the original writing of the play as early as 1599,but most believe that the play is unlikely to have been composed earlier than 1603, as the play is widely seen to celebrate King James' ancestors and the Stuart accession to the throne in 1603. Many people agree that Macbeth was written in the year 1606, citing multiple allusions to the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 and its ensuing trials. However, A. R. Braunmuller finds the 1605 06 arguments inconclusive, and argues only for an earliest date of 1603. Simon Forman saw Macbeth at the Globe in 1610 or 1611.Macbeth was first printed in the First Folio of 1623.
