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Elizabethan Theater

Elizabethan Theater. Khadija Liggins , Alexis Calhoun, Nia Islam. Five Act Play. Act 1: Exposition. This is where the time and the place is established. Attention is directed towards the conflict and the dramatic tension.

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Elizabethan Theater

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  1. Elizabethan Theater KhadijaLiggins, Alexis Calhoun, Nia Islam.

  2. Five Act Play • Act 1: Exposition. This is where the time and the place is established. Attention is directed towards the conflict and the dramatic tension. • Act 2: Complication: The course of action becomes more complicated. Interest clash event accelerate tension mounts. • Act 3: The climax of action: The development of conflict hero stands at the crossroads leading to victory of defeat. • Act4: Falling Action Reverser: The consequences of act 3 play out tension is heightened by false hopes. It’s a tragedy looks like the hero can be saved if not all hope is lost. • Act 5: Catastrophe: The conflict is resolved whether through a catastrophe.

  3. Kinds of Plays • The plays were often coursed and boisterous and playwrightes and actors belonged to bohemian class • Parliament censored plays for profanity , heresey , or politics. • Shakespeare played roles in his own plays, usually as older male character.

  4. Elizabethan England View Of Theater • When it came to the theater people would give criticism, censorship and ,hate. • Some of the churches of England would say that some of the characters were questionable in in the parts that they were playing. • They would criticize the plays and say that they disseminate irreverent opinions. • Also a lot of people feared that diseases would spread easier in the theater.

  5. Theater As A Political Weapon • Theater was used a political weapon because the plays message had to please the royal courts or there would be consequences. • Some people would actually take risk and make there plays based on what they didn’t agree with about royal courts. • Some people would find a way to avoid the wrath of royal authorities. Others would be caught and jailed.

  6. Queen Elizabeth’s View Of Theater • She delighted in the theatrical entertainments. • She was able to use her influence in the progress of the English drama. • She translated some of the plays back to the original language for her amusement. • She found the theater rather delightful.

  7. References • http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~deis/fiveact.html • http://www.shakespeareinamericancommunities.org/education/elizabethan-theater • http://www.britaininprint.net/shakespeare/study_tools/political_theatre.htmlhttp://www.shakespeare-online.com/biography/patronelizabeth.html

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