FTT 24026 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Puritans, Blank Verse

• School: ND
• Department: Film, Television, and Theatre
• Course: FTT 24026
• Professor: Gerald Skelton

Document Summary

Gorbuduc: 1st play in blank verse (non-rhyming verse) Walter didn"t see why shakespeare is so big. Bc he was just one of many playwrights at the time. Theatres (built by commoners) built by theatre. Before the renaissance, theatre was a province of the church to get you to live correctly or bring you closer to the church. Rise of the middle class influenced the rise of theatre. Needed protection of the nobleman after the act of vagabonds (actors) The language that they were using was still growing. Don"t know a whole lot about shakespeare"s life. Huge group of his life we know nothing about. Stage maker made more money than actors. Puritans shot down plays and theatre in all of london - outlawed it. Mary firth: one of 1st female performers in british theatre (1607) Not welcomed; still rare then; some women went on stage but not welcomed.