...and as the beginning of a reigious and social unrest, hich divided the nation.But finally the Church as stengthend as the Anglikan Church under Elizabeth I.Nevertheless the conflict ith Rome asnt over and it attempted to in back influence.Through all theese developments England got one of the most poerful countries in the orld for example as a major sea poer ith the defeat of the Spanish Armada.But there ere also negativ effectsSo as the Feudalistic-order at an end, because the quest of profit overturned the agrarian structure, English money as loered and so prices increased.As a result beggar- and vagaboundship gre.The rising standard of living of the bourgeoisie included more importance of arts, education, sciences, languages and communication.Especially ith the mvention of the printing press by illiam Caxton in 1576, books and translations of foreighn rights ere published.So the problems of the English language, because it never had beenfixed by printing, had been shon. Its logical that the drama as the best form of educational comunication.And so the Renaissance in Endland reached ist Zenith ith the Elizabethan drama in particular ith Shakespeares plays.No I ant to decleare the origin of the Elizabethan stagefirst ther ere MYSTERY PLAYS, hich had to make the birth and death of Christ more accessible.at next in MIRACLE PLAYS the lifes of saints er portrayed.Both ere very short and first spoken in Latin, but later in English. They ere shon by the Clercy.As the Plays got more complex, the actors needed locations and they ere called mansions or houses.theese forms ere replaced by MORALITY PLAYS, in hich Death, Goodness, Knoledge or Sins appeared on the stage as Persons.An other example as the social, the religious or the political satireBoth ere performed by tonsmen, students or professional entertainers, ho traveld from from place to place.At that time inn yards and bear baitings proved as practically, because on this ay the paying audience as easier to control.That ere allright the beginnings of the Elizabethan public theatre.And about this Theme I ant to give you more information noAs I allready told you, London as a centre of political and economic events.The trade ith Russia, the North East and East India started to bloom.But it as also a main centre of intellectual life.Merchants and shopkeepers, craftsmen, labourers, carriers, servants and apprentices, courtiers, layers, officers, fashionable oman, ordinary houseifes and children, seamen ashore, dissmised soldiers, peddlers, and the light oman proved a colourful picture together.But for ali of them, beside visiting bull- and bearbaitings, cockpits and taverns, going to the theatre as important.e can distinguish among to kinds of theatre at that timethe public Playhouses, hich had mixed audiences andthe private Playhouses, hich had a smaller capathy and higher admission prices.The audiences e can devide in 3 groupsthe genteel audience hich belonged to a high social class and visited only the private theatersthe plebeian audience andthe Shakespeares audience, here you could find both groups united .And especially for theese group of audience all great Elizabethan Plays ere ritten.And so I have to present the last part of my ReportThat is Shakespeare and his life.illiam Shakespeare as born in Stratford-on-Avon on april, 26th in 1564.His mother Mary Arden as the daughter of a respected family of landoners and the father John Shakespeare as the Major of Statford.illiam as the third child of 8 children and the first son. He attended the local grammar school.At the age of eighteen he married Anne Hathay, ho as eight years older than himself.1583 their first daughter Susan as born and in 1585 folloed the tinns Hamnet and Judith.Beteen 1590 and 1592 he became actor and playright and ent to London.In 1594 he got a member of Lord Chamberlains Company, a group of actors, named by their protector Lord Chamberlain, an official of the royal household.This master of the Revels arranged, supervised and paide for all kinds of court entertainmentsHe could also censor any Plays.Shakespeare as one of their leading actors and so he also to right Plays for them.In 1598 they built the Globe theatre and in 1603 the Company renamed themselves into the Kings Men, because they ere under the protection of King James and so they got the most famous Company of actors in London.At that time most playrights ere living a hand-to-mouth existence as free-lance righters, Shakespeare enjoied the advantages of a prominent position, ith a group of talented actors ith hom his success gre.So he as enabled to buy land in Stratford and after 20 years in London he came back.1608 the Kings Men Company bought a more comfortable and expensive theatre hithin the City alls Black Friars, because it as a former monastery.This one they used during the intermonth, because it as roofed and the Globe as an open-Air theatre.Together ith the ne location the Plays got a different style romances, stories of love, adventures and strange events set in long-past periods .The endings of the Plays ere happier than in real life.They had to appeal to the more refined audience.Beteen 1610 and 1611 Shakespeare rote his last comedies and ent back to Stratford, left the Company and retired.In 1613 as a symbol for the end of his life as an actor and a dramatist, the Globe burned don during a performance of Henry VIII.On april, 23rd he died in his native ton.The cause of his dead is not knon.hat it is equally important to keep in mind, ho ever, is that Shakespeare ithout the Chamberlains Men ould have been a lesser Shakespeare ! a qutation taken from The Shakespeare Background Reader.SHAKESPEAREandELIZABETHAN AGE...named after Queen Elizabeth I.lasts from 1485 first Tudor, Henry VII. croned until 1603 death of Elizabeth I.together ith Tudor-dynasty the Modern Age dansis nearly equate ith the Renaissance in England, brings a lot of changes reorganisation of the economic system, rise of banking houses, ne standards in education and learning, ...the influence of church becomes eaker and the monarchs poer increases final break ith Rome Henry VIII. and Anglikan Church is strengthened Elizabeth I.England gets poerful trade, sea poer, ...also negative effects Feudalistic-order at an end, money loered prices increas, vagaboundship gros, ....The origin of the Elizabethan stageMystery Playsperformed by ClergyMiracle PlaysMorality PlaysPerformed by tonsmen, students or professionalssocial, religious or political satireThe Elizabethan theatreLondon is centre of intellectual life and for every citizen goingt o the theatre is important2 kinds of theatrespublic Playhouse private Playhouse3 groups of audiencesgenteel- plebeian- Shakespeares audienceShakespeare26, 4, 1564 born in Stratford-on-Avonmother daughter of respected family of landoners,father Major of Stratfordmarries Ann Hathay 3 childrenbeteen 1590 and 1592 becomes actor and playright,goes to London1594 gets member of Lord Chamberlains Co...
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