ENGL 4148 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Birth Certificate, Misogyny, Shrew
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Born april 23 1564 died april 23 1616. Birth certificate says april 26 (day of baptism) People like the perfect symmetry 52 when he died. It is st. george"s day (patron saint of england) Shakespeare is not misogynist or feminist somewhere in between. Red lion doubled as a pub. The theatre shakespeare"s plays were performed there. Shakespeare was not only a genius, but a businessman (thus a principal investor in the. They were on the outskirts of london, because watching plays was looked down upon and people would sneak there. London authorities could not hold these people to any particular standard. Blackfriars shakespeare was also a principal investor. People were paying more to not be seen (wealth gave you privacy) Laboring classes become part of the entertainment. There are seats on the ground, two levels of stage. Here, you pay more to be seen because it"s a private theater only the upper class are able to go in there.
