ANALYSIS OF THE ELIZABETHAN AGE
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Introduction:-
The Elizabethan age of english history was a
remarkable time now coined England's
Golden Ara. Queen Elizabeth. from the illustrious Tudor dynasty.reigned for
45 years. During her reign and it was the time of relative and political and
stability. exploration, and creativity in which art flourished.
Coming to the throne in 1558 after the
violent reign of her Catholic half-sister, Mary I - known infamously as Bloody
Mary - Elizabeth worked to heal her land of the violent clashes between
Catholics and Protestants. Though Elizabeth honored many of the Protestant
reforms set up by her father, King Henry VIII, she also made significant
concessions to the Catholics of her realm. In 1559, the Elizabethan Religious Settlement was
enacted. In this legislation, Elizabeth was declared the Supreme Governor of
the Church of England. This act also allowed for both Protestant and Catholic
interpretations of church tradition.
Due to her desire to unite her subjects under
one throne, her reign is marked as a time of peace. During this peace, she
encouraged self-sufficiency in England through the growth of agriculture and
trade. This newfound wealth ushered in England's Golden Age.
Elizabethan Drama :-
the Elizabethan Age come same of the highly,respect play in Western
drama. Although it is generally agreed that the period began at the
commencement of Queen Elizabeth I is reign in 1558. the ending date is not as
definitive. Some consider the age to have ended at the queen's death in 1603,
while others place the end of Elizabethan Drama at the closing of the theatres
in 1642. Elizabeth I a strong. resolute monarch who returned England to
Protestantism and quelled a great deal of internal turmoil. & unified
nation. Theatre was a popular pastime& peoples of all walks of life
attended. Although women were not allowe onstage, they did attend performances
and often made up a substantial part of the audience. The theatre also drew
many unsavory character, including pickpocket, cutpurse, and prostitutes. She
was also a strong supporter of the art. & this spark a surge of activity in
the theatre. During her reign same playwright were able to make a comfortable
living by receiving royal patronage. There was a great deal with theatrical
activity at Court, & many public theatre were also built on the outskirt of
America. cause of the perceived bad
influence of the drama, the Puritan were vocally oppose to them and succeed in
shutt theme down in 1642. Some of the most important playwrights come from the
Elizabethan age, including William Shakespeare, Jonson & Christopher
Marlowe. This playwright ate drama this were pattern in numerous view sources
including the Greek tragedy, Seneca's plays, Attic drama, English miracle
plays, morality plays, and include. Elizabethan tragedy dealt with this age
heroic them and usually centering on a best personality who was distoy by his
passion and ambition. The comedys often satiriz the fops and drama in society.
In elizabrthan age there was not much scenery
on Elizabethan age. costume was elaborate & their were many prop For
example:- pig bladder full of blood was
use for Juliet’s death scene in Romeo and Juliet,All role as playing by man.
Sometime actors had too learning as many as six parts at time. Younger boys and girls laying the
female and mens parts. That was why there are few romance scenes on stage.
Elizabethan of plays only did not the Golden
Age of England produce lots of wool, it produced some of the most revered plays
of all time bsedt and great. This
was Christopher Marlowe
and made famous by his play. “The Jew of Malta”. To him so we can add Thomas Kyd in knowned for his Tragedy tragedy means Spanish
tragedy there's William Shakespeare his name his
become synonymous with the word 'plays.' england Golden Age and too highest
schools across the globe and he give works like Hamlet and the tragic Romeo and Juliet.
Elizabeth Golden Age opened foe them up to class of society and the art had been enjoyed
throughout history. The upper class the
middle-class peoples and the commoners all enjoyed entertainment of the age of
Elizabethan age dranma. Just today time the batter the seating higher the price but admission was available
to all peoples.
George Chapman was born in 1559 in the town of Hitchion in Hertfordshire London.
He was ssecond son of Thoms & Joan Chapman. Little on known of his early
life and except that his attended Oxford in 157. left before completed his degree from 1583 through 1585. he was in the household
of Sir Ralph Sadler although him expected position thier is somewhat clear bur unclear. It
seem that Chapman in the military but returned to London prior to 1594.
Chapman's earliest drama, The Blind Beggar of Alexandria, was
produced in 1596, instead concentrating his efforts on translating the poetry
of Homer. Chapman experienced financial troubled through him lifetimes spent some time on prison, fortune changed a
while time in 1603. when they was gave a position on the householder of the
king. king undertook sponsorship of the Homer project. & he quickly recover
reputation on a talented drama writter. Chapman writing 21 drama between 1597 & 1612 and his output was very grea sp after Some year
his work and he wrote no drama.
Ben Jonson (1572–1637)
Ben Jonson was born in 1572 in
Westminster and in London. His father was
master bricklayer and Jonson took up this trade in his time and He also
spent long time as a soldier. Go to to England and marry sometime prior to
1592, his back to England then Jonson
became actor & by 1597. He was
working dramatist for the theatrical
phillipy Henslow. Jonson 1play :- Thomas Nashe in 1566. was “The
Island of dogs” and this was offensive Jonson on jail for a long time, Then
he wriote plays in 1598. Then Jonson
becamses a favoriteed of King he &
hid work masques for court performance.
In 1616, King James I made him poet laureate, the official poet of the Court. This
position also cam 30 with an nature pension
foe his works allowing to Jonson to live out his life free. Jonson
suffer a stroke on 1628 & died on
his born place on August 6, on 1637
Jonson was arrested gor crime killing a
actor in a drama, same years ago however
Jonson also want his first dramatic success with the play Every
Man in His Humour. This hid play was the first instance new drama in that came to be known "the
comedy of humour," & it turned him into a celebrited.
Christopher
Marlowe :-
Christopher
Marlowe was born in Canterbury on February 26, 1564. the eldest son of master
shoemaker Marlowe & Katherine Arthur. Marlowe attended Cambridge
University and quickly distinguished his own himself as a bgreat student. his time at Cambridge Marlowe became part of Queen Elizabeth's
secret service & carried out several secret missions for the Crown. After
receiving his degree in July 1587. he go to London.where he became an actor
& dramatist for “the Lord Admiral Company. during that same time and year. both parts of “Tamburlaine” the
geeat was performed on the London stage. Marlowe into celebrity status
and Marlowe lived reck life & had
several time with the law. In 1591, who was known by some to be an atheist and
actor. Marlowe was also brought on question & then release . Marlowe life
ending ewith he was only 29 years old. On the night scene of May 30, 1593. he
was stabbed on the head & probably died instantly and the time of his death
remained clear. the story on barroom
fight was later time. same scholars speculate that his death was arranged by
secrets men & may have been ordered cause he was reported to be aheretic
and He wasin an unmarked grave.Marlowe roommate and playwright Thomas Kyd. was
imprisoned & tortur him after authorities founded heretical writing on Kyd
room. Kyd perhaps while being tortur that the writing belonged to Marlowe.
William Shakespeare
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William Shakespeare
was born on April 23, 1564. john and Mary Shakespeare in Stratford. He was the
3 of 8 childrens.. at this time age 18. Shakespeare married already pregnant Anne Hathaway and They would have three
children. Some people is known about Shakespeare's life from 1583 to 1592.he
has joined Lord Chamberlain's Man. savingas both actor & playwright
By the end of that year and six
of his plays had already been performed In 1599. Shakespeare & other members
of the Lord Chamberlain Man of the
building of the Globe Theatre and the Lord Admiral's
Men continued to popular performances there and many of Shakespeare's plays
don’t known many people The Lord Admiral's Men became the London company.
performing at Court on 32 occasions between 1594 & 1603 and After his ascension to the thron, James I
granted the Lord Chamberlain Men a royal patent & the company name was
chang to the King's Men. Shakespeare's talent a drama was widely and more
famous recognized at Elizabethan time He become of the wealthiest dramatists of his day &
lived comfortable life. He retired to Stratford on 1610 & died in april 23,
1616. That he is reported to haved dieded in his birth date and which happens
to beale the dated the feast of George. natron saint of Englan.has suggested to
same that his time and date are fictional, In 1623 actors and drama Henry
Condell & John Heminge published his plays and drama as a collection known
as the first folio.
John Lyly was born in
Kent, England, around 1553 or 1554 and grew up in Canterbury. He attended Magdalen
College at Oxford University, earning his
bachelor's degree in 1573 and his master's in 1575. He applied for a fellowship
but was turned down and so left the university and moved to London where he
pursued writing. Known at university as a wit, he was an immediate success with
the publication of a novel in two parts, Euphanes, or the Anatomy of
Wit (1579) and Euphanes and His England (1580).
Through these works, Lyly introduced the euphemism, or indirect expression, to
the English language. Having lost a
bid for Master of the Revels in 1579, which would have elevated his standing at
royal court, Lyly turned to playwriting and also served as a member of
Parliament between 1580 and 1601. He married Beatrice Browne in 1583 and later
that year took control of the first Blackfriars Theatre. Lyly's comedies were
very popular, with eight of them being performed between 1584 and 1591 by
children in children's theaters. These plays included Campaspe (1584), Endymion,
the Man in the Moon(1588), and Midas (1590), and were
later noteworthy for being the first prose comedies. The Woman in the
Moon (1594) is his only play in verse. Lyly petitioned Queen Elizabeth
I for the post of Master of the Revels again in 1589 and 1593 but did not meet
with success. Thereafter, his popularity declined, and Lyly died in poverty in
London in November 1606
Blank Verse:-
Blank verse is unrhymed iambic
pentameter, the primary form used by Elizabethan playwrights,.although prose
and many other forms of poetry are also found throughout their plays. Serious
characters of high stature and nobility often speak in blank vers and
especially when discussing important issues. while comic and lower class
characters are less likely to do so
Conclusion :-
We see the Elizabethan age and wee see the introduction
and elizaberthan and we also see the drama on Elizabethan ara. The drama at
there time means Elizabethan time so we see the poets
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