ENGB32 Lecture : Lecture Notes 1-16
Document Summary
The curtain; the globe; the date of the first london theatre. Master of the revels, sir edmund tilney. Quarto; first folio (1623); foul papers; fair copy; the book of the play /promptbook. Places w/in the theatre: the yard; groundlings; lord"s room. The english renaissance: early 16th century mid/late 17th century. Shakespeare"s life: baptised april 23 1564-death april 23 1616. Renaissance looks back: a rebirth of western classical learning. Early modern is the sense that this is the beginning of something that will become familiar to us. London and its liberties: liberties is outside london"s city limits. Spectacle was a central part of life in 16th century england. Queen elizabeth dies in 1603: the rainbow portrait, the royal exchange. Arches were erected throughout the city: for performances. Kings and queens would spend upwards of a full day moving throughout the city watching performances staged by small merchant companies.
