THEA 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Richard Burbage, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Philip Henslowe
21 Dec 2016
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Alexander pope ( proper study of man is man ) noble savage. Major shifts in medieval period and now in shakespeare"s time: lots of extant evidence of different kinds: film clip and discussion characteristics of english. Renaissance theatre as exemplified by shakespeare in love. Religious figures oppose theatre still: urban theatre. not in small towns not country side. it is reflective of the society it is in, factors influencing theatre"s development. Humanism: the proper study of man is man alexander pope, not a rejection of religion but rather it is looking at the experiences pf humans in this world. University wits : playwrights getting trained in university and gathered together to share them and they were called university wits, theatre and learning very connected! Religious & political change: break away from the catholic church in henry viii making another division, then his daughter elizabeth i helps to put england back together.
