HIST 332 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Aphra Behn, Counter-Reformation, Social Skills
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Office hours tuesday and thursday next week at around 2pm to pick up papers. Hard copy of the exam to hand in on april 25 in the afternoon. Reaction to the theatre and actresses on stage in the. 17th century, particularly with the development of the catholic reformation. Clerics got worried about the theatre and in some places theatre was banned. In milan, the archbishop insisted on vetting theatre performers. Always at odds with the papacy because they didn"t want the pope to exercise his authority in. They didn"t care if they didn"t do what popes liked. They supported opera and therefore it became a major commercial operation in venice with theatres. It was a place where singers could make careers and some became famous, popular and well paid like the great actresses in the theatre. There was always an aspect of unacceptability on stage, women had to find respectable husbands to make themselves respectable.
