Shakespeare 1558-1603
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SHAKESPEARE1558-1603
By Brandon Pyle and Logan O’bryan
Hidden gems from the Shakespeare period: phrases
“A countenance more in sorrow than anger.”
“A fool’s paradise.” “All of a sudden.” “A sorry sight.” “All’s well that ends well.” “As dead as a doornail.” “But, for my own part, it was Greek to
me.”
Historical events 1588 – English Navy defeats the Spanish
Armada. 1593- London Theater is closed because of
bubonic plague. 1599 – The Globe Theater is built. 1600 – First production of Julius Ceaser. 1603 – Queen Elizabeth dies. 1604 – First performance of Othello. 1644 – Globe Theater demolished by the
Puritans.
Conventions of the time Women could not act in plays; if there
was a woman’s role, it was played by a man.
Women could not enter professions, but could do domestic work.
Women could not vote. Society was patriarchal.
Discoveries Sir Francis Drake circumnavigated the
globe. Martin Frobisher explored the Arctic. The abandoned colony Roanoke Island
was established in 1587. William Gilbert published his seminal
study on magnetism, De Magnete, in 1600.
Important People Queen Elizabeth William Shakespeare Francis Bacon Sir Francis Drake Walter Raleigh John Dee Mary Queen of Scots
Major Writers and Texts John Lyly (Euphues and His Anatomy of
Wit) William Shakespeare (Hamlet, Romeo and
Juliet, etc) Edmund Spenser (The Faerie Queene) Christopher Marlowe (The Tragical History
of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus)