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-Medieval English Dramas
-Influenced by Greek and Latin writers
-Act of 1545
-Method Acting

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Renaissance theaters were the first stationary theaters to be seen on a grand scale. Before the eatery 1500's theaters were mobile and would move through a city on carts, similar to a parade.

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Seating in The Globe Theatre - The Globe Theatre. N.p., n.d. Web.

Ting, Made Around 1620., © 2013 The Shakespeare Globe Trust. Permission Granted To Reproduce For Personal And Educational Use Only., and Hirin Commercial Copying.AUDIENCES (n.d.): n. pag. Web.

"Renaissance English Drama: From Medieval to Renaissance." Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature. N.p., n.d. Web.

Study.com. Study.com, n.d. Web.

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How does Renaissance differ from Medieval drama?

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How does Renaissance differ from Medieval drama?

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medieval: amateurish, guilds or clergy, domestic pass time
renaissance: actual construction of theaters (settings)
professional groups and civil pass time

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The First Book of Lucan
Ovid's Amores
Dido, Queen of Carthage
The First Part of Tamburlaine the Great
The Second part of Tamburlaine the Great
The Jew of Malta
Doctor Faustus
Edward the Second
The Massacre at Paris
Hero and Leander

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most notable playwright to arrive from this time
-Othello
-Hamlet
-Romeo and Juliet
-A Mid Summer Night's Dream
-Macbeth
-The Tempest
-King Lear
-12th Night
-Henry V
-As You Like It
-The Taming of the Shrew
-King John
AND MANY MOREEE

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The belief that man has beauty worth and dignity. During the middle ages life and culture focused on religion as time went on the focus on religion began to decline and people became more focused on themselves and the world around them. This then brought out the creative side of the people during that time. Humanism impacted the perspective of one's independence this is because before humanism came into play they were living a feudal system in which landownership determined one's social class and the society was seen as a whole instead of being seen as individuals. Individualism was then seen as something beautiful instead of a sin as religion had taught the people. Which was important to during the renaissance because they went from having a strict path of life to a more liberal and creative life which helped produce such iconic plays.

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The Prices for seats in the Globe Theater 

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The Prices for seats in the Globe Theater 

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The Yard (Groundlings)- These were the cheapest seats which cost 1 penny.
The benches- Where the rich/middle class would sit and would pay 2 pennies or 4 if they wanted a cushion to make their time there much more comfortable.
The lords Private room - The most expensive room within the theater which is where the lords would sit to enjoy a play which cost 6 pennies.

Quick Fact: where you sat in the globe theater gave a small impression on everyone else as it basically determined your social status.

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The Rich - They would sit in the Galleries and paid a bit extra if they wanted to get other luxuries like a cushion or if they wanted a private room. Surprisingly there were more fights among the rich than the poor.

The poor-  They would stand in the middle which is what we now call "the pit" in concerts. They were also called the groundlings as they were below the upper class and were known for being loud and throwing things at the actors they did not like.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpbLqu2Jd3U

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Through the rise and succession to power the Puritan movement directly opposed theater, as they thought that entertainment was sinful. They gained control of the parliament during the First English Civil War and banned the staging of plays in London.

The performance of plays remained banned for the next 18 years, finally being allowed again after the Restoration of the monarchy.

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1. Jokinen, Anniina. "Renaissance English Drama: From Medieval to Renaissance." Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature. N.p., 2 Aug. 2006. Web.

2. Kay, Karen. "The Transition from Medieval to Renaissance Drama." Study Tools. N.p., 1999. Web.

3. Vitermansutar. "ENGLISH RENAISSANCE THEATRE." YouTube. YouTube, 17 Feb. 2014. Web.

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Elizabethan theater is used at times improperly to mean English Renaissance theater.  In a strict sense "Elizabethan" only refers to the period of Queen Elizabeth's reign. This means that English Renaissance theater encompasses the period between 1562 and 1642 and the Elizabethan era.

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Shakespeare Greek and Roman classics when writing his plays. Before the renaissance, these texts had been suppressed by the Catholic Church.

His use and focus on both tragedies and comedies.

His shift into the exploration into the traits of mankind and emotions of humans from the medieval ages and the church using the theater to spread stories from the bible.

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- Costumes are used as visual image for recognizing characters.
- Bright colors
- Colors are a symbol for social class. For example royalty included purple
- When the actors came on stage by the type of fabric the audience knew what roles they had

- Suzy

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- tragedy :  is in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow, especially as a consequence of a tragic flaw, moral weakness, or inability to cope with unfavorable circumstances.
- Comedy : amusing and satirical in its tone, mostly having cheerful ending
- Pastoral : a literary work (as a poem or play) dealing with shepherds or rural life in a usually artificial manner and typically drawing a contrast between the innocence and serenity of the simple life and the misery and corruption of city

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Renaissance Theatre was from 1500- late 1600 CE
*  It is known also as " Modern English Theater "
* The theater was very elaborate , mainly for the intertainment purposes of those in the upper class or royalty .
* The Renaissance began in Italy .
-  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyEQRFrQcmY

*cited* from a worksheet in my drama class .

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Roles were played by men only and women roles were played by teenage boys.