ENGL 204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Boy Player, Philip Henslowe, Courtly Love
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Read: act 1. 5 twelfth night (line 209-249) pg. Two major acting companies of the london 1590: lord admiral men. The rose: moves to the fortune, lord chamberlain men. Play all the major roles and supply scripts (8 to 10: hired men. The boy actors who play the female roles. Repertory theater: going through the same 20 or so plays. There is a love triangle: viola loves orsino, orsino loves olivia, olivia loves viola. He uses the blazon in a blunt form: uses to critique courtly love and the blazon. Antonio loves sebastian: not reciprocated, the only sel ess love. Viola realizes that olivia loves her: gives her a ring for no reason, is upset with this situation, calls herself a monster. Meet malvolio: don"t like him for trying to order them around. Trick him into thinking olivia likes him. Plays on his hopes to be higher social: social allusion.
