ENG220H1 Lecture Notes - John Webster Thomas, Philip Massinger, Ben Jonson
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Eng220 - 6 things you need to know when studying shakespeare iv. Wed. 19th september 2012: shx was one of many playwrights writing between 1576-1642. Timeline of period: 1576: theatre (commercial playing space, 1599: the globe, 1603: qei - james i, 1616: shx dies, 1625: james i --> charles i, 1642: civil war, theatres closed. Occasionally a sight of violence/controversy: 1660: theatres re-opened, charles ii. Shakespeare is one among many: pre-shx playwrights. Marlowe (shx competed & imitated: during shx playwrights (circa 1595-1608) (major names) Large portion of plays written throughout this time. Deals with the issue of authorship (see 6 things: i) Playing company: unit of theatrical production, associating plays w/ playing companies is much easier, various companies (during shx"s central career) Children of the chapel: 1570s: law made against vagrancy (wandering aimlessly, unaffiliated) Playing companies had to enlist a gov. official to "license" them to perform, as a "servant" and to bear the crest of their allegiance, etc.
