Shakespere

Aug 07 2008

Published by jhosford at 3:41 pm under SoCiAl StUdIeS

Elizabethan Society

The Elizabethan society was the goldenage in english History, this is when Shakespere wote most of his plays and poems. The Elizabethan era is the time related to queen Elizabeth in the years 1558-1603.

The Globe Theatre

The globe theatre is the theatre that most of Shakesperes plays are believed to be performed. The globe theatre is situated in London and was built in 1599 and was tragically destroyed by a fire in 1613 and was rebuilt on the same site in 1614 and was closed in 1642.

The Kings Chamberlain men

The kings chamberlains men was the company that owned the Globe theatre. That company was Shakesperes company that he worked for.

“The reorganized company performed at the Theatre and the Curtain; in 1599 they moved to the newly built Globe. By 1600 they had emerged as the leading theatrical company in London, and in 1603 became the King’s Men under a royal patent from James I. The company continued successfully until the closing of the theaters in 1642. ”

http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/SLT/stage/chamberlainsmen.html

My Groups Play

The play that my group performed was Antony and cleopatra.

This play is about love and heatbreak. When Antonys wife dies and he has to marry another women to win a war when he already loves the women he had an affair with when his wife was alive.

Visit to get the full synoppsis of antony and Cleopatra http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_and_Cleopatra

Tragedies & commedies

tradgedies-

Romeo and Juliet

Macbeth

King Lear

Hamlet

Othello

Titus Andronicus

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar

Antony and Cleopatra

Coriolanus

The History of Troilus and Cressida

The Life of Timon of Athens

Commedies-

All’s Well That Ends Well

As You Like It

The Comedy of Errors

Cymbeline

Love’s Labour’s Lost

Measure for Measure

The Merchant of Venice

The Merry Wives of Windsor

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Much Ado About Nothing

Pericles Prince of Tyre

Taming of the Shrew

The Tempest

Twelfth Night

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

The Winter’s Tale

Relevance of plays to 21st century

I have found Shakespere plays are not relevent to the 21st century because they use old english and people dont really want to watch 2 people fall in love and die because the way the plays happen does not really happen in the 21st century. But some people still love shakespere plays and really enjoy watching them.

What are the typical features that all Shakespeare plays must include?

The typical Shakespere plays include Girl Characters, props, lighting, action, death, love and romance.