2. From Italy to England The Renaissance started in Italy in the mid 14th century The term is a French word for ‘rebirth’ In the 12th and 13th centuries, there was an increase in sophistication of thinking and thus there was an improvement in religion, arts, and basic society The Renaissance was spread to Europe through the use of transportation and the printing press The problem was that the Renaissance spread to England was very slow because England was an island. Thus it would take time for information to travel to an island
3. From Italy to England (2) The first introduction of the Renaissance to Europe was spread through the influence of Henry VII Henry VII was the king of England and lord of Ireland who had started in movement toward a more theatrical England The last play written was by Paradise Lost by John Milton in 1667 The English Renaissance’s high peek had lasted 15 years This period was in most of the 1590’s The entire Renaissance had started at the end by Elizabeth I’s reign and went through the reign of James I of England The spread of theatre started through the traveling actors who moved from one town to the next spreading acting.
4. Creation of Elizabethan theater How Queen Elizabeth introduced the arts Due to the bubonic plague, many actors where restricted movement and where forced to have licenses The licenses where only given out through the queen and other higher end people What she did to influence and spread She had made play-writers more famous so more people could watch their plays She had built theatres that could hold a very large audience and most of the where located in one general location Famous theater The Globe The Theater The Rose The Globe II She spread and allowed the spread of propaganda supporting theaters
5. When the people saw the shows Most people in the 1660-1700 where very into plays This 40 year period was when the audience had when to theaters whenever they could Whenever there was a new play the audience would flock to that theater and leave the others empty Before the 1660, there where smaller theaters that where set up to be seen in inns The actors and companies would move from place to place showing their theaters This shows that in the earlier times people where not really interested in plays but gradually became interested
6. When People saw the shows (2) People could relate to the plays Main types of plays Tragedies Tragedies is when the play’s ending results in a bad events Shakespeare’s tragedies where mostly written between 1601- 1608 Events that where occurring around and during the time Queen Elizabeth I had died in 1603 During her reign of power theater in England had reached its highpoints with theaters begin built all over England and play-writers writing hundreds of plays During this period the Anglo-Saxon war had ended in 1604
7. When people saw the shows (3) Comedy Unlike modern day societies a comedy in England was one with a happy ending Most people wanted to go to movies to see a happy play with a good ending Or if a famous play-writer wrote the play then people would watch the play
8. Why people saw the shows The importance was because at the peek of Elizabethan theater there were hundreds of different plays that could interest most of the people in England. The importance of the Elizabethan theater was that it showed that the country was stable This was vital because when Queen Elizabeth took the thrown, there was speculation of how strong England would grow and how stable it would be Thus after establishing a strong foundation of political and economic stability, the people where significantly affected This allowed the people spread and increase importance in the arts, music, and theater The people knew that with a their needs well established the could start seeing and writing plays. Daily life comparison To live in another persons life Relax
