Talk:English Renaissance theatre
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What where roles of women in Elizabethan times?
- Do you mean onstage or in society? The Singing Badger 23:59, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] Removed passage
I removed the following. The first sentence is incorrect: drama was regarded as a low art form at the time and English drama made little impact in Europe. The other is a masive generalization that requires many justifications. Please revise before returning it. The Singing Badger 19:31, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
- For 50 years, drama had been the highest form of literature in English, and the Elizabethan writers had gained a reputation through much of Europe, as attested in Don Quixote and elsewhere, as the finest dramatists since the Roman Empire. After the closing of 1642, the late 17th-century extravaganza of Restoration comedy was the only drama of real significance in English until Irishmen such as George Bernard Shaw, John Synge and Oscar Wilde revived the art more than two centuries later.
I removed the phrase Jeronimo, a prequel to The Spanish Tragedy, and changed it to Jeronimo now known as The Spanish Tragedy. Jeronimo was just the name given to the play durning the Renaissance. To my knowledge there is no prequel. Nevermind, there actually was a play called _The First Part of Hieronimo_ that was writen after Kyd's death by an unknown author. I made the correction.
[edit] Picture
Can someone find a picture of a old theatre, as in a drawing?
- Easy. 'Tis done. :) The Singing Badger 22:30, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
My teacher had an very nice poster that was labled I shoot take a picture of it. In the meantime if anyone finds a really nice picture please put it up.
I'm not sure how to put pictures up, but I found this very nice one: [1]
- Unfortunately, that would be copyrighted. Most modern drawings are copyrighted and cannot be used. :( The Singing Badger 14:11, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Moving page
I am moving this page to English Renaissance theatre because 'Elizabethan theatre' is not strictly accurate. The Singing Badger 14:56, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Removed 2 names from players list
I removed the names "Susan de Vere" and "Countess of Pembroke" from the list of players. There were no women acting on the stage in England until the Restoration.Ugajin 11:12, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
![[1]](http://radar.ngcsu.edu/~bcorrigan/Hodges2.jpg){kind=link}