Elizabethan drama
Sixteenth-century English plays
Elizabethan drama is the body of plays written during the reign of Elizabeth I (1558–1603), when English theater flourished with unprecedented vigor.
Shakespeare, Marlowe, and Kyd produced tragedies, comedies, and histories for public playhouses like the Globe.
The term sometimes extends loosely to include Jacobean drama under James I.
We're studying Elizabethan drama this semester.
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- tragic flawDefect causing protagonist's downfall
- groundlingsStanding theater audience
- boy actorsYoung male stage performers
- King's MenRoyal-sponsored theatrical troupe
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- dramaacting, playwright, character study, acting class, character development
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Elizabethan dramacontemporary theatre
Current era's live drama
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Elizabethan dramacomedy of manners
Genre mocking social etiquette
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