THE-2000 Lecture 8: Renaissance Theatre
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Transitioning into the renaissance: greece, rome christians taken and put with slaves to die in paratheatricals, middle ages, renaissance. The rise of christianity: christians disliked theatre in rome, pagan origins, didn"t want to remind people of such things, christians tortured or killed, sinful subjects, actors lie due to switch of identity. The fall of rome: constantine moves capital to constantinople, rome falls (476 ad, theatre disappears, dark ages, christians suppressed theatre to a place where it was pretty much gone for 500 years. Suffering, death, and resurrection of our lord jesus christ (1643: hrosvitha (935 973 ad and beyond) nun, first woman playwright that were know of, stuff probably not performed. Elizabethan england: queen elizabeth i 1558 1603, reigned 50 years, stabilized and calmed country, great patron of the arts, era of stability, religious england was split when she rose, she reestablished independent church of. England, both catholic and reformed simultaneously, reduced religious talk in the arts: political.
