-Elizabethan society
The Elizabethan society was the time that Shakespeare wrote his plays, this means that the main outline of all his plays are reality and romance, you can tell this by the play Shakespeare wrote ‘Romeo and Juliet’. This is one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays because they are interesting (mostly to the older people). Another name for the Elizabethan Society was the ‘Golden Age’.
The Elizabethan Society was during the years 1558-1603. Shakespeare is the most popular writer/poet that lived in that Era. Also during this Era was the time where people were very fascinated in Science, Technology and Exploration. This Era was also during the Anglo-Spanish war, so some poets could have written about war and death. The Elizabethan Society was interesting because it changed the way people built houses, wrote plays and even the way they talked to each other.
-Globe theatre
The Globe theatre was the place where Shakespeare preformed most of his plays. Over the time of Shakespeare’s career he lost about 7% of his share of the Globe theatre. The Globe Theatre was originally made for plays, meetings and rehearsals. Throughout the years the reason for the Globe Theatre changed into a preserved historical site. This
Theatre is preserved in current state because people thought it was amazing because so many people have preformed in.
The Globe Theatre was built in 1599, but re-built in 1614 after it burned down during a play called ‘Henry the Eighth’ and it ended up closing in 1642 after many plays have been preformed inside. The Globe Theatre’s structure seems to be very stable and from the outside it looks like a very old building.
-The king’s chamberlain men
The King’s chamberlain men were the owners of the Globe Theatre. The initial form of the Chamberlain’s men arose largely from the departure of Edward Alleyn from Lord Strange’s Men and the death of Lord Strange himself, in the spring of 1594. The Chamerlain men were the owners of the Globe Theatre, they also shared their rights with many famous poets and script writers.
Yet the big success of the company was largely determined by the Burbage family. James Burbage was the person who assembled the company and directed its activities until his death in 1597; his sons Richard and Cuthbert were members of the company, though Cuthbert did not act. This connection with the Burbage’s makes the Chamberlain’s Men the central link in a chain that extends from the beginning of professional theatre (in 1574, James Burbage led the first group of actors to be protected under the 1572 statute against rogues and vagabonds) in Renaissance London to its end. (In 1642, the King’s Men were among the acting companies whose lives were ended by Parliament’s prohibition of the stage.)
-Your group’s play-an overview
The overview of our play is that a man named Antonio was a good friend of Bassanio a person who was willing to get married. Antonio makes a deal with the devil (Shylock) who threatens to cut skin off him if he didn’t pay by the date.
Antonio still makes the deal and Bassanio ends up getting married. Unfortunately Antonio was unable to pay so he is forced to go to court and argue his case. Antonio ends up winning but Shylock gets twice the amount Antonio owed him. Everyone ends up living happily ever after.
The play was interesting because it was fun to change and even funner to act. The merchant of Venice was a play that was created about a guy doing daring things just for his friend, and he always gets lucky to escape with his life.
-Tragedies, comedies & histories
Some Shakespeare plays that were tragedies are; Troilus and Cressida, Coriolanus, Titus Andronicus, Romeo and Juliet, Timon of Athens, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Hamlet, King Lear, Othello, Anthony and Cleopatra and Cymbeline.
Some histories are; King John, Richard II, Henry IV (part 1), Henry IV (part 2), Henry V, Henry VI (part 1), Henry VI (part 2), Henry VI (part 3), Richard III, Henry VIII.
Some Comedies are; the tempest, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Measure for Measure, the Comedy of Errors, Much Ado about Nothing, Love’s Labour Lost and many more.
-Relevance of Shakespeare to 21st century
I find Shakespeare irrelevant in the 21st century because people don’t want to talk Old English, or hear a Play about 2 people falling in love and they both end up dying. These are my opinion, I do not mean to offend anyone. Shakespeare is rarely used in the 21s centruy because people have evolved and theiur ways of speasking have aswell.
I feel that Shakespeare is something you should learn about for what he did, and not the plays he wrote. For example you should learn him in History/Geography and not English because when I leave school, when am I going to use Old English? Shakespeare is a person that should be remembered but not learnt because it is not relavent to us today.
-What are the typical features that all Shakespeare plays must include?
Some typical features that Shakespeare’s plays had are; Girl Characters, props, lighting, action, death, love and romance or comedy. Shakespeare’s plays are based about real things and real feelings these include love, hate, sadness and depression. Shakespeare’s plays are based around Romance and Reality, which means everything he wrote was true.
Shakespeare’s plays are about history and what is happening at that present time which means he didn’t have to think about much, just about stage directions and how he is going to get his desired affects. Some typical features would have to be expression, body language and eye contact.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Chamberlain’s_Men
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare’s_plays
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globe_Theatre
