ENG220H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Upstart Crow, Theatricality
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1592 reference to shakespeare being a playwright in london, enters into history, born into the identity that he has today (man of the theatre) Green - tiger"s heart wrapped in a player"s hide shakespeare as an actor, poetic dramatist beautified with our feathers shakespeare beautifying himself in poetry (anecdote) Richard iii is the sequel to henry vi. John aubery tells a story about shakespeare father was a butcher, when shakespeare would kill a cow in high pride he would make a speech anecdote because it tells a kind of truth. Father"s trade: rural, labor, material origin, jack of all trades. Educated poet: plumage/feathers, upstart crow is putting on nice feather s(making noise, he thinks he can do it all related to a jack of all trades. Thinks of him like this because of his material origin. London theatre: actors, fashions, man of the theatre thinking of him in the theatrical context of his time.
