Shakespeare!!

Important Dates:
Shakespeare: born 1554, died 1616
Most Plays: 1589-1613 Married Anne Hathaway; Had 3 children; Had lots of affairs

Queen Elizabeth Is Reign: 1558-1603

Life in Elizabethan England

London center of English Power Country divided by religion:
Catholics, Protestants vs. Puritans, Fundamentalists, etc.

Parliament (like House of Congress, Senate) was majority Puritans

Elizabethan Puritans: Most godly group despise worldliness (anything vulgar, related to devil)

Puritans HATED entertainment

1st Entertainment: Bear-Baiting

2nd Entertainment: Cock Fighting

3rd Entertainment: Theater

Entertainment Everywhere: Drinking. And lots of it.

Life in Elizabethan England

Puritans HATED Entertainment:
Theater/Fight goers: high crime, obscene, indecent, fights, A LOT of drinking, risk to spread Bubonic Plague

1596London authorities BAN ENTERTAINMENT

Bear-Baiting, Cock Fighting, Theater have to move outside city of Londonacross the Thames

Globe Theater
Original in London: 1576 Theater banned, Globe rebuilt across Thames: 1596 Fire destroyed it (from cannon): 1611 Demolished by Puritans:
1642

Draw Globe on board or doc camera

Possible Video of Globe:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_455lP-E7OI

Important Terms
1. First Folio: (1623) FIRST published collection of Shakespeares plays
Only reliable text for about 20 of 36 plays. Plays were big! There was $$ to be made! Constant demand for new material! Actors use prompts before folio: could be stolen from other playhouses, unauthorized copies, simple notes from another playhouses production

Important Terms
1. Tragedy: art based on human suffering, meant for audiences entertainment 2. Tragic Hero: a great/virtuous character in tragedy destined for downfall, suffering, or defeat 3. Tragic Flaw: the character defect that causes the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy

Important Terms for the Play

1. En Medias Res: story begins at mid-point or conclusion 2. Soliloquy: character shares thoughts with audience one-on-one; character usually alone on stage 3. Aside: character speaks to audience with other characters on stage (but unheard by them); in context of scene 4. Epithet: informal term in place of full formal terms
1. My wheels = my car

Anonymous?
Anonymous Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBmnkk0 QW3Q Anonymous Backlash: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainmentarts-14759345