ENGB33 Lecture Notes - Edmund Tylney, Bear-Baiting, Cockfight
Document Summary
The curtain; the globe; the fate of the 1st london theatre. Pop of london (1520: 60,000; 1550: 120,000; 1600: 200,000) Places within the theatre: the yard; groundlings; lord"s room. Quarto; 1st folio (1623) ; foul papers; fair copy; the book of the play/ prompt book. Theatre in renaissance england: theatrical detractors (speaking against the theatre) Before globe theatre & before its controversy, londoners already living in a highly theatrical society: community of spectators. Public executions held on scaffolds (word for stage) James throne 1603 liked to watch plays. Higher than avg merchants sometimes invited to queen"s court: ex: moroccan ambassador from north africa. 1560 london"s royal exchange: building for merchants to gather & exchange products, orange women, jugglers, apple sellers. Late 1570"s the curtain 1st opened theatre. Other side of river (bear baiting & cock fighting & theatre) outside legal jurisdiction. Theatricality: merchantilism, bearbaiting, pagents, executions all built into london. Mystery plays stuff about christianity (ex: noah"s arch mysterious)
