3. BACKGROUND - LIFE AND WORK
LIVED FROM
26 APRIL 1564 – 23 APRIL 1616
(FROM THE ELIZABETHAN ERA INTO
THE JACOBEAN ERA)
4. BACKGROUND - LIFE AND WORK
LIVED FROM
26 APRIL 1564 – 23 APRIL 1616
(FROM THE ELIZABETHAN ERA INTO
THE JACOBEAN ERA)
PRODUCED MOST OF HIS KNOWN WORK
BETWEEN 1590 AND 1613.
5. BACKGROUND - LIFE AND WORK
LIVED FROM
26 APRIL 1564 – 23 APRIL 1616
(FROM THE ELIZABETHAN ERA INTO
THE JACOBEAN ERA)
PRODUCED MOST OF HIS KNOWN WORK
BETWEEN 1590 AND 1613.
HIS SURVIVING WORKS CONSIST OF 38 PLAYS, 154
SONNETS, TWO LONG NARRATIVE POEMS, AND
SEVERAL OTHER POEMS.
7. THE PLAYS
PRE-1594
HENRY VI (3 PARTS)
RICHARD III
LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST
THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
8. THE PLAYS
PRE-1594
HENRY VI (3 PARTS)
RICHARD III
LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST
THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
9. THE PLAYS
1594-1597:
PRE-1594 ROMEO AND JULIET
HENRY VI (3 PARTS) A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
RICHARD III RICHARD II
LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST KING JOHN
THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS 1597-1600:
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW HENRY IV PART I
HENRY IV PART II
HENRY V
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
AS YOU LIKE IT
JULIUS CAESAR
TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
10. THE PLAYS
1594-1597:
PRE-1594 ROMEO AND JULIET
HENRY VI (3 PARTS) A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
RICHARD III RICHARD II
LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST KING JOHN
THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS 1597-1600:
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW HENRY IV PART I
HENRY IV PART II
HENRY V
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
AS YOU LIKE IT
JULIUS CAESAR
TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
11. THE PLAYS
1594-1597:
PRE-1594 ROMEO AND JULIET
HENRY VI (3 PARTS) A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
RICHARD III RICHARD II
LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST KING JOHN
THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS 1597-1600:
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW HENRY IV PART I
HENRY IV PART II
HENRY V
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
1601-1608: AS YOU LIKE IT
HAMLET JULIUS CAESAR
TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
TWELFTH NIGHT
MEASURE FOR MEASURE
ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
OTHELLO
KING LEAR
MACBETH
TIMON OF ATHENS
ANTHONY AND CLEOPATRA
CORIOLANUS
12. THE PLAYS
1594-1597:
PRE-1594 ROMEO AND JULIET
HENRY VI (3 PARTS) A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
RICHARD III RICHARD II
LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST KING JOHN
THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS 1597-1600:
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW HENRY IV PART I
HENRY IV PART II
HENRY V
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
1601-1608: AS YOU LIKE IT
HAMLET JULIUS CAESAR
TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
TWELFTH NIGHT
MEASURE FOR MEASURE
ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
OTHELLO
KING LEAR
MACBETH
TIMON OF ATHENS
ANTHONY AND CLEOPATRA
CORIOLANUS
13. THE PLAYS
1594-1597:
PRE-1594 ROMEO AND JULIET
HENRY VI (3 PARTS) A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
RICHARD III RICHARD II
LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST KING JOHN
THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS 1597-1600:
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW HENRY IV PART I
HENRY IV PART II
HENRY V
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
1601-1608: AS YOU LIKE IT
HAMLET JULIUS CAESAR
TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
TWELFTH NIGHT
MEASURE FOR MEASURE
ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
OTHELLO
KING LEAR AFTER 1608:
MACBETH PERICLES
TIMON OF ATHENS CYMBELINE
ANTHONY AND CLEOPATRA THE WINTER'S TALE
CORIOLANUS THE TEMPEST
HENRY VIII
35. AND REMEMBER THE THEATRE’S
COMPETITION...
PUBLIC
EXECUTIONS...
...BY BEHEADING
FOR THE NOBILITY...
36. AND REMEMBER THE THEATRE’S
COMPETITION...
PUBLIC
EXECUTIONS...
...BY BEHEADING
FOR THE NOBILITY...
MARGARET POLE,
8TH COUNTESS OF SALISBURY,
TOOK ELEVEN BLOWS BEFORE DEATH
61. ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND
1558-16O3
SEEN AS A ‘GOLDEN AGE’
ASSOCIATED WITH THE ENGLISH RENAISSANCE
TEMPORARY PERIOD OF RELIGIOUS PEACE
ECONOMIC SUCCESS
MILITARY SUCCESS - SPANISH ARMADA, 1588
62. ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND
1558-16O3
SEEN AS A ‘GOLDEN AGE’
ASSOCIATED WITH THE ENGLISH RENAISSANCE
TEMPORARY PERIOD OF RELIGIOUS PEACE
ECONOMIC SUCCESS
MILITARY SUCCESS - SPANISH ARMADA, 1588
A VASTLY IDEALISED PERIOD- BUT MOSTLY
TOLERANT AND CALM
64. ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND
A CONTEMPORARY VIEW:
DURING HER LIFE, WHAT PEACE IN HER COUNTRY!
WHAT PLENTY IN HER LAND! WHAT TRIUMPHS IN
HER COURT! WHAT LEARNING IN HER SCHOOLS!
WHAT WEALTH IN HER KINGDOM! WHAT WISDOM IN
HER COUNCIL AND WHAT GRACE IN HER
GOVERNMENT! WHAT MONARCH EVER SENT TO HER
WHOSE AMBASSADOR DID NOT ADMIRE HER? WAS
SHE NOT MISTRESS OF THE NARROW SEAS AND
FEARED EVEN IN THE OCEAN?
NICHOLAS BRETON, 1603
66. ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND
A MODERN VIEW:
THE WORLD SEEMED A FAR LARGER
PLACE TO MEN OF THE ELIZABETHAN AGE
THAN IT HAD TO EARLIER GENERATIONS.
NEW KINGDOMS HAD BEEN DISCOVERED
IN AMERICA, AND THE DISTANT ORIENT
HAD BECOME MORE ACCESSIBLE.
LACEY BALDWIN SMITH, 1967
72. JACOBEAN ENGLAND
1603-1625
NOV 5 1605 - THE GUNPOWDER PLOT
GENERAL ECONOMIC DEPRESSION
OUTBREAK OF BUBONIC PLAGUE IN 1625
KING WITH ABSOLUTIST TENDENCIES
73. JACOBEAN ENGLAND
1603-1625
NOV 5 1605 - THE GUNPOWDER PLOT
GENERAL ECONOMIC DEPRESSION
OUTBREAK OF BUBONIC PLAGUE IN 1625
KING WITH ABSOLUTIST TENDENCIES
REPRESSION OF CATHOLICS
75. JACOBEAN ENGLAND
A CONTEMPORARY VIEW;
...NEW PHILOSOPHY CALLS ALL IN
DOUBT
TIS ALL IN PIECES, ALL COHERENCE
GONE...
PRINCE, SUBJECT, FATHER, SON GONE...
JOHN DONNE, 1611 (WITH REFERENCE
TO NEW, COPERNICAN, THEORIES OF
ASTRONOMY)
77. JACOBEAN ENGLAND
A MODERN VIEW:
THE ELIZABETHAN MODEL OF A
UNIVERSAL PATTERN GAVE WAY IN
LATER JACOBEAN WORK TO A
DARKER VISION, AS IF THE
PLAYWRIGHTS INTUITIVELY FELT
THE STORM CLOUDS OF THE
ENGLISH CIVIL WAR APPROACHING.
JOHN PERRY, 1997
