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Renaissance Theatre

Renaissance Theatre. Kofi Sekyeye Erin Kivett Sabura Hudson Antonin Koudelka. Time Period. The time period of the Renaissance era spanned the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries. . Performance Locations. Many Renaissance plays were performed at these famous theaters:

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Renaissance Theatre

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  1. Renaissance Theatre Kofi Sekyeye Erin Kivett Sabura Hudson Antonin Koudelka

  2. Time Period • The time period of the Renaissance era spanned the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries.

  3. Performance Locations • Many Renaissance plays were performed at these famous theaters: • Globe Theatre • Swan Theatre • Curtain Theatre • Rose Theatre • Fortune Theatre • Hope Theatre • Blackfriars Theatre Swan Theatre

  4. The Performers • Most plays were performed by men, even playing women roles. • Very little amounts of women performed. • Orphans or poor children usually played children in the plays.

  5. The Audience • Plays were performed to accommodate the literary capacity of the illiterate. • Most royalty did not feel compelled to go to the theaters themselves, however they may have payed more for better quality seats.

  6. Innovations/Stage Design • The main stage innovations of the era made changes to the inner stage and the curtain. • Even though most plays were performed for the lower class, the theaters were royally themed. Harry Ransom Theatre; as you can see, the inner part and the curtain of the stage were very fancy.

  7. Famous Playwrights • A few of the era’s famous playwrights are: • Ben Jonson (1572-1637) • William Shakespeare (1564-1616) • Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) • Edmund Spenser (1552-1599) • Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) • John Calvin (1509-1564) Of the more famous, William Shakespeare is probably the most quoted and documented of the Renaissance era.

  8. Famous Plays • A few famous plays of the Renaissance era are: • Titus Andronicus • Ralph Roister Doister • Gorboduc • The Play of the Weather • Cambyses • Henry VII • The Tempest

  9. Actors and Themes • Two actors that specifically stood out in the Renaissance era were Edward Alleyn(1566-1626) and Richard Burbage(1567-1619). • The themes of the Renaissance consisted mostly of dramatic and tragic plays, but also a few comedy.

  10. Works Cited • Hartnoll, Phyllis. The Concise History of Theatre. New York: Harry N Abrams Inc., 1970. Print. • Rahn, Josh. “Renaissance Literature.” The Literature Network. The Literature Netowrk, 2011. Web. 11 April 2012.

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