Shakespeare's time

Shakespeare's time

1. The Elizabethan Age

   • strengthend Navy
   • economic wealth
   • James of Scotland became the next king
   • Elizabeth ruled over 50 years
   • called "Golden Age"
   • cultural changes
   • persecution of catholics

2. Shakespeare

   • married Anne Hathaway in 1582
   • born 1564 in Stratford
   • 3 children
   • died on 23rd of april 1616
   • many of his plays were performed in theatres
   • first steps to literature in grammar school
   • classical literature was his source of inspiration
   • wrote more than 30 plays
   • 154 sonnets

3. theatre

   • 3 types of theatre
     • Amphitheatre
       • open roof
     • indoor playhouse
       • plays could be staged in winter
     • inn yards
   • very expensive to visit the theatre
   • theatre was new to people
   • bad smell in the theatres
   • beginning 2 pm
   • ending 4 or 5 pm
   • groundlings were standing
     • peed in a can if the had too
     • bad spot to look from
   • rich people sat in the gallery
     • usually smell of perfume and tobaccos

4. The Elizabethan world picture

   • Hierachy of lifeless and living things
     • god outside the universe
       • angels
         • man
           • animals
             • plants
               • lifeless things
   • the three levels of creation
     • Universe
       • Earth
         • Man
   • god is the highest power

5. The Renaissance

   • disease
   • late 14th- 17th
   • cultural change
   • roots in Italy
   • great learning and great art
   • new insights
   • telescope, printing press
   • explorers
   • many old beliefs remain