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William Shakespeare: Elizabethan England

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During Shakespeare's lifetime Elizabethan playwrights cared little about seeing their

work in print. Only the rare drama was actually intended to be read as well as

performed. Writers would usually sell their plays to the theatrical company which

staged the performances, 

    

Queen Elizabeth's England:  "The Golden Age"

What types of entertainment did they have in Elizabethan England?


In Elizabethan England, during the times when plays were not completely outlawed, going to the theatre was

the favourite activity of the masses. When the
 Black Plague killed 1/3 of the population in London,

actors would travel across the English countryside, entertaining farmers.  Games like chess, checkers, and

tennis were extremely popular;
Queen Elizabeth herself was known to love the game. Reading was also very

popular, and most educated people could read their favorite books in more than one language. The upper

classes participated in fencing tournaments and hunted for sport. All classes seemed to delight in the vicious

form of entertainment known as bear-baiting, but it was without doubt Queen Elizabeth's favourite pastime:

http://www.shakespeare-online.com/faq/entertainment.html


The common people in Elizabethan England wre an ignorant people. Those of the highest rank were well and

laboriously educated according to the contemporary standard; but the rank and file paid no attention to

learning. They neither read, wrote, nor thought. 

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Shakespearean Plays

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1.   Tragedies:  elements of sadness/tragedy



2.   Comedies:  humorous/comical



3.   Histories:  based on historical figures/ times

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