Otázka: W. Shakespeare and The Elizabethan Theatre
Jazyk: Angličtina
Přidal(a): Teri
William Shakespeare
- The English poet and playwright
- Often described as the greatest writer in the English language
- Was born in Stratford-upon-Avon on 23 April 1564
- The eldest son of a glove maker and wool merchant
- Attended the local grammar school
- 1582 he married Anne Hathaway (older) ,they had 3 children
- 1588 he moved to London and joined a leading theatre company called the Chamberline´s Men
- Quickly established a reputation as a writer of plays ,appeared in his own dramas at the Globe theatre (daytime theatre)
- 1611 returned to S-u-A and died there in 1616
The plays
- 36 plays
- Are regulary staged all over the world
- Shakespeare´s language is very difficult to understand
- Writes in blank verse=unrhymed
- The comedies: The comedy of Errors, A midsummer night´s dream
- History plays: Richard ll. ,Henry V.
- Tragedies: Hamlet, Othello
- Romances: The merchant of Venice
- Poems : The Sonnets , Dark lady ->beautiful language
- Comedies : cross-dressing -> mistaken identities
Hamlet
- the prince of that name suspects that his dead father,king of Denmark
- has been murdered by his uncle Claudius
- Claudius has become king and has married Hamlet´s mother
- the ghost of Hamlet´s father appears to him and tells him about the murder
- Hamlet must try to find proof of the murder
- aporations = zjevení
The Elizabethan Theatre
- The elizabethan age was the period of rule Elizabeth l. of England (1558-1603)
- Important playwriters: Christopher Marlowe,Thomas Kyd,John Webster,Ben Jonson
- First purpose-built theatre appeared in 1576 ,named The Theatre
- It had still no roof
- Best seats were on the galleries
- The companies used minimum properties
- there were no women
