Understanding the History Behind Julius Caesar

Understanding the History Behind Julius Caesar

1. Queen Elizabeth I

   • Born Sep 7, 1533
   • Parents Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.
   • Crownd January 15, 1559 at Westminster Abbey.
   • Queen Elizabeth I never got married.
   • Queen Elizabeth I had no childern.
   • Died at age 69 March 24, 1603
   • Queen Elizabeth I became queen on the death of her hal-sister
   • Elizabeth Succeeded by her 3rd cousin James of Scotland
   • Elizabeth nearly was not Queen at all.
   • Before Elizabeth was Queen she was a political prisopner.

2. Dramatic Structure

   • Act 1:prologue
   • Act 2:conflict
   • Act 3:rising action
     • Act 4:falling action
       • Act 5:denouement

3. William Shakespear

   • Born: April 23, 1564
   • Died: April 23, 1616
   • Mary Arden and John Shakespeare are Williams parents
   • Married Anne Hathaway when he was 18.
   • Shakespeare’s family home in Stratford was called New Place
   • often called the English national poet
   • important member of the Lord Chamberlain’s
   • s baptized at Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon
   • Shakespeare wrote plays that capture the complete range of human emotion and conflict.
   • greatest dramatist of all time.

4. Elizabeth Theatre

   • It was public out door structure like the coliseum.
   • Could hold up to 3000 people.
   • Elizabethan dramas used elaborate costumes
   • Acting spaces were largely empty bare stage
   • No kinds of stage lights.
   • Could only perform in day light.
   • rich dialogue full of imagery
   • Black friar theatre where for child actors.
   • Where in Londan
   • black robes worn by the deminican monks

5. Renaissance

   • the period in European civilization immediately following the Middle Ages
   • Renaissance also witnessed the discovery and exploration of new continents
   • It began in the began in the 1300s
   • Ended during the 1500s
   • Renaissance means "rebirth" in French