TA 147 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: The Groundlings, Edmund Tylney, Edward Alleyn
15 Oct 2018
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Themes based on anger, jealousy and pride or ambition. Interest in death and dismemberment element s of tragedy. Appeal to a non-homogenous audience clown characters / physical comedy. Shareholder in the lord chamberlain"s men and the king"s men. Playwright, poet, worked extensively with the admiral"s men (dr. faustus, the jew of malta, etc) Died in a bar fight and got stabbed in the eye with a dagger. Actor, poet, playwright (volpone, the alchemist, barthalomew fair) satirist. Star actor in the lord chamberlain"s men, owner of the globe theatre worked with. Star actor in the admiral"s men, business owner. The master of revels - in charge of queens entertainment. No religious plays" (outlawed in 1559) nothing that took place in the common era". Use of special effects" through the heavens" or a trap door system. Extra theatricals not part of the play but part of the experience such as buskers.
