T D 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Ben Jonson, Thomas Kyd, Christopher Marlowe
22 Sep 2016
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Introduction to shakespeare: laura baggs guest lecturer. Plan: shakespeare"s life, time period(s, theatrical conventions, hamlet, questions. Shakespeare"s life: 1564 baptized on april 26, 1582 married anne hathaway, 1592 upstart crow attack by robert greene in groatsworth of wit pamphlet, 1593 becomes a member of the lord chamberlain"s men (later the king"s men) Christopher marlow spy; died in bar fight by getting stabbed in the eye. Thomas kyd: shakespearean is not a time period, renaissance 14th c 17th c. Cultural movement (not really a time period: early modern (1480"s 1710s) tudors & stuarts, elizabethan (1558 1603) Queen elizabeth the first rule over england: jacobean (1603 1625) Queue 2-3 words to know the line other person talks: costumed in contemporary clothing. Different social classes must wear different things. Actors only wear costumes on stage: universal lighting, direct address, no intermission; come and go as pleased; football game in modern times, all-male industry. Language: primacy of spoken word, folio printed 1623.
