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 Queen Elizabeth I rules England › This is why the English Renaissance is called “The Elizabethan Age”  William Shakespeare (1564-1612) Lived and worked during the Elizabethan Age

 1534 - Ralph Roister Doister (really bad) › First comedy written in English  1550 – Gammer Gurton’s Needle › ripoff of a comedy by Roman Playwright Plautus  1561 – Gorbaduc › First tragedy written in English

 Three guys who were apprenticed to lawyers and wrote plays in their spare time… they were all roommates, too! › Thomas Kyd  Wrote The Spanish Tragedy › John Lyly  Wrote pastorales › Christopher Marlowe  Died in a barroom brawl  Just as popular as Shakespeare at the time

 Tambourlaine I and II  Doctor Faustus › STILL POPULAR TODAY!  Edward II › Considered to be his best show › Reads like good Shakespeare  The Jew of Malta › Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice might have been a rip-off of this show

 Oldest of six – father was the High Baliff of Stratford-upon-Avon  1582 – got a license to marry quickly › Wife Anne Hathaway was 26, William was 18 › Daughter Susannah was born 8 months later › Later had twins Judith and Hamnet  Hamnet dies at age 11, William never recovers

 Mostly made his living as an actor, not a playwright… (playwrights were not paid well back then, but actors were.)  Became 1/10th owner of the Globe Theatre  Wrote plays from 1590 to 1613, though his last few plays may have been co-written by a guy named Fletcher  Died 1616 in Stratford-upon-Avon  1623 – First folio is printed › A folio is a collection of plays

 Early Period – 10 plays › Richard III › Romeo & Juliet › Taming of the Shrew  Comedy/History Period – 11 plays › Merchant of Venice › Much Ado About Nothing › Henry IV cycle (three plays long)

 Tragedy Period – 12 plays › Hamlet › Othello › King Lear › MacBeth (The Scottish Play)  Romance Period – 4 plays › Semeline › Winter’s Tale › The Tempest › Pericles

 Tragedies (13) › Hamlet › Othello  Histories (10) › Only considered History play if it is about English History › Richard III  Comedy/Pastorale (14) › A Midsummer Night’s Dream › Much Ado About Nothing

 He followed the “rules” of writing a play, and was mad that Shakespeare didn’t, but was still more popular.  Is the reason that we have Shakespeare’s plays today – it was Johnson’s idea to record the scripts instead of throwing them away after the show was over.  Wrote Every Man In His Humour › Each character centered in one Humour

 Tell me what is the setting for your scene? (Context)  What is your character trying to get out of this scene? (Objective)  What is being talked about in your scene? (Dialogue)  What is your character not saying out loud? (Subtext)  DUE MONDAY

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