CTH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: James Burbage, Bear-Baiting, Richard Burbage
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Who was he: born in stratfort england, april 23 1564 april 23 1616, father was a glover (middle class, first play performed around 1589 in london, no college. Works: poems, venus and adonis, the rape of lucre, sonnets 157 published, described a bizarre lo(cid:448)e tria(cid:374)gle bet(cid:449)ee(cid:374) a you(cid:374)g (cid:373)a(cid:374), a(cid:374)d older (cid:373)a(cid:374) a(cid:374)d a (cid:862)dark lady(cid:863) Plays two others now lost: 37 plays still exist, many published illegally, complete works published in 1623 six years after death. Language: early modern english, 98% of words in use today first to use over 2,000 english words, generous, gloomy, hurry, lonely, suspicious, bump, control and alligator. What made shakespeare possible: quee(cid:374) elizabeth (cid:862)legalizes(cid:863) theatre, popular entertainment for royals, nobles, and commons, plays performed at inn courtyards and in theatres. The theatre: first theatre built in london 1576 by james burbage, lease came up in 1598, the rose, the swan (cid:862)outside of tow(cid:374)(cid:863) e(cid:374)tertai(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t, cock fighting, bear baiting, prostitution, theatre.
