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The Elizabethan Theatre
Table of contents
Table
of contents
1.) Historical Background
2.) Development
3.) Theatre Building
4.) Stage Set
5.) Costumes
6.) Audience
7.) Actors
8.) Playwrights
9.) Genre
10.) Characters
11.) Sources
Historical Background & Development
Historical
Background,
Development
Elizabethan age ( 1558-1603)
- golden age in English history
- English language gained in
importance
- "Elizabethan" age because:
Queen Elizabeth comes to the
throne of England
Historical Background
- nobles used theatres for entertainment
- church took over the direction of the theatre
- removal of biblical content
- early 16th centuary:
-plays were given
in puplic places
Development I
Development II
- mid 16th century:
rising of the theatres
- London:
centre of enthusiasm for theatre
- 1574:
prohibition of theatre
construction in the city
Development III
The Theatre (1576)
The Globe (1598)
The Theatre
The Swan (1598)
Theatre Building, Stage Set, Costumes
Theatre building,
Stage set,
Costumes
Theatre Building
Stage Set
- no stage set
- scenery on stage was sparse
- just a few necessary props
- use of symbols (f.e.: candle -> night)
- daylight
- plays were perfomed without breaks
special effects
- angels and god lowered from the "heavens"
- devil and ghosts came up through the trapdoor
(entrance to hell)
sound effects
music
sound effects,
music
vary from:
simple trumpet flourishes and drumrolls
to full-scale compositions
thunder
rolling a cannon ball in a drum
firing cannons from the rooftop
Costumes
money went into highly
eloborate costumes
Recognition of the character
Representation of
countries and the mood
= innocence
= grief, melancholy
= violence
Audience, Actors
Audience,
Actors
Audience
affordable for nearly everyone
-> groundlings: one penny
-> galleries: two pennies
-> lords rooms: three pennies
no girls and woman!
small parts
Actors
shareholder
leading roles
had to be able to:
- read
- dance
- sing
- play an instrument
- fence
- be fit
- have a good memory
- Lord Strange´s Men
- Chamberlain´s Men
- Admiral´s Men
- King´s Men
Acting Troupes
Playwrights,
Genre,
Characters
Playwrights
Playwrights
- were paid for each play they wrote
- had to write plays that appealed to all
social classes
- had to suit his writing to the skills of the
company
comedy
Genre
tragedy
Genre
histories
masques
Characters
Characters
Humour was an important factor
-> two special roles
Sources
- https://www.google.de/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=12&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj6xN37iInmAhXB0qYKHesPD98QFjALegQIBRAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FEnglish_Renaissance_theatre&usg=AOvVaw090ZIk3fON15vmCawLlW1t
- https://englishhistory.net/shakespeare/elizabethan-theatre/
- http://www.theater-info.de/elisabethanisches_theater.html
- https://www.wissen-digital.de/Elisabethanisches_Theater
- the worksheets
The End