ENG100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Book Of Deuteronomy, Prompt Book, First Folio
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Shakespeare in context (engb33) january 06, 2010. The theatre of the period brought together people who never travelled. Shakespeare"s writing life: 1590 - 1613: the english renaissance: early 16th century mid/late 17th century, renaissance is the rebirth of ancient rome & greece, all texts became available again. So shakespeare could not have written the way he did if all these classical literature texts were not available to him: renaissance period was an origin for our modern period. Renaissance and early modern period can be used interchangeably. Theatricality of london life (pageants, bearbaiting, scaffold exectutions) The theatre and theatrically of early modern london life: before people began flocking to public open-air theatres, and before they became controversial sites where all social classes were brought together, before all this, London was a highly theatrical society: london from late 16th /early 17th century, gathered in the city streets to observe. Queen elizabeth moving through the city with her entourage.
