Elizabethan Theatre

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1. Elizabethan Theatre Group 2- by Brenden, Jadyn, Jena, Dorothy, Candice and taylor

2. HISTORY This period was named for the reign of Tudor Queen Elizabeth I, which began in 1558. England had just come out of a long series of civil wars called the War of the Roses. During this era, the economic stability of Elizabeth’s reign allowed for theatre to thrive and transform away from its community-based and small scale roots, into one of the key parts of the Renaissance.

3. history The national theatre was established in England during this era, allowing for professional playwrights and productions to become common. Officially approved playhouses and acting companies were also a new development, making theatre a regulated and commercial profession. This also led to the construction of many playhouses, to include Globe Theatre, where Shakespeare held many of his performances.

4. Globe Theatre Built in 1599, as the first theatre to be built specifically for and financed by an acting company, The Globe became an iconic theatre that was a London favorite. It burned down in 1613; its thatch accidentally set alight by a cannon during a performance of  Henry VIII .  The Theatre was rebuilt in 1614 more splendidly than before.

5. PRIMARY GOALS

6. PROMINENT WORKS- ROMEO AND JULIET written by William Shakespeare (1595) Characters: Romeo Montague, Juliet Capulet, Montague Family, Capulet Family. Plot: Romeo and Juliet fall in love but are kept apart due to a family feud between the Montagues and the Capulets. In an unfortunate turn of events Romeo is banned. In order to get Romeo to return Juliet fakes her own death. Romeo returns to find that Juliet is now dead and takes his own life in her tomb but once Juliet wakes up she finds Romeo dead and she then takes her life as well. After the deaths the families decided to end the feud.

7. PROMINENT WORKS- ROMEO AND JULIET written by William Shakespeare (1595)

8. PROMINENT WORKS- ROMEO AND JULIET written by William Shakespeare (1595) These violent delights have violent ends, And in their triumph die; like fire and powder, Which, as they kiss, consume: the sweetest honey Is loathsome in his own deliciousness, And in the taste confounds the appetite: Therefore love moderately: long love doth so. F riar Lawrence (Act 2, Scene 6) ß

9. MODERN PERCEPTION

10. Modern perception

11. Modern perception

12. Modern perception The Lion King (1994) is based on Hamlet. There is scheming uncle who murders the young prince's father (Claudius/Scar), the appearance of the dead king as a ghost (King Hamlet/Mufasa), the prince's strange friends who serve as comic relief (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern/Timon and Pumba ).

13. Modern perception West Side Story (1961) is based on Romeo and Juliet. In place of the original play's Capulet-Montague family feud,  West Side Story  uses the Sharks and the Jets — two rival gangs that try to separate the star-crossed lovers. 

14. Modern perception 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) is an adaption of Taming of the Shrew. Heath Ledger is paid to impress Julia Stiles, the "shrew," so that her father will allow her younger sister to date. The film uses many of the same names, like Kat for (Katherina) and her younger sister Bianca, and manages to sneak in a few Shakespearean quotes: "I burn, I pine, I perish," says Joseph Gordon Levitt's Cameron, who wants to date Bianca. 

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