TH 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Petrarch, Puritans, Mark Rylance
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Lecture 9
The Globe theatre- London outside and open
Mark Rylance First Artistic Director
An exact replica of previous 1599
Recreated the exact buying as it was before same timbers in forest
A replica of blackfriar playhouse right next to it- inside
Blackfriar small and only seats 300 people
Artistic director oversees both of these spaces
New productions for it: lighting with beeswax and still use it for today
Likewise: globe theatre mimics original products with Shared Light
Have evening show as well- no cushions it's hard benches
Does it make sense we have modern thing slike light and sound system
Shared Light: at night, create sense of what like to watch a show during the day, they create
daylight lighting exactly the same as 2 and 8 same experience so actors can see the audience
Shakespeare rot eplays so actors look at audience and interact with them
Night performances mimic daytime shows
Emma rice-- artistic director globe theatre 2016-2018; most famous director in modern british
performance
First thing she did was take out shared light and added lighting and sound system
British ppl were so mad and had emergency meeting-- FIRED HER CUZ NOT
TRADITIONAL; took Black Friar away too cuz candles are boring
Now have new director and have best interpretation of return to shakespeare
Why has shakespeare endured and what are his works the most widely performed plays in the
world?
All over the world in different languages,
Elizabethan Society and Culture
From medieval times to elizabethan
What elements contributed to the new era?
Morality plays with stories for us to be better ppl but not biblical plays
Still remnants in elizabethan, king henry VIII breaks off from catholic church in 1534
“ACTS OF SUPREMACY”-- supreme head of church of england
He wants to divorce his wife without being killed
1) Kings exist outside rule of the Catholic Church and pope has no authority
2) Allows henry to marry anne boleyn and divorce his wife
Men wear tights and high heels to show off calves not women
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Document Summary
Recreated the exact buying as it was before same timbers in forest. A replica of blackfriar playhouse right next to it- inside. New productions for it: lighting with beeswax and still use it for today. Likewise: globe theatre mimics original products with shared light. Have evening show as well- no cushions it"s hard benches. Does it make sense we have modern thing slike light and sound system. Shared light: at night, create sense of what like to watch a show during the day, they create daylight lighting exactly the same as 2 and 8 same experience so actors can see the audience. Shakespeare rot eplays so actors look at audience and interact with them. Emma rice-- artistic director globe theatre 2016-2018; most famous director in modern british performance. First thing she did was take out shared light and added lighting and sound system. British ppl were so mad and had emergency meeting-- fired her cuz not.
