ENGB32 Chapter Notes -City Comedy, Playing Company, Theatricality
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Period experienced a rapid growth in population. Unlike slavery/ labour (do work then get paid) Nation = theatre state: manifests its power and meaning in exemplary public performances, shakespeare"s plays frequently performed before queen elizabeth, then king. James & queen ann: symbology of power depended on regal magnificence, reward, punishment, and pardon, all of which were heavily theatricalized. Something queen elizabeth would have been all too familiar with. Illicit exorcism points both to the theatricality of many religious rituals in the. Renaissance and to the heightened possibility of secularization: protestant authorities banned mystery plays, official attacks on certain catholic practices made it more possible for the public theatre to appropriate and exploit their allure. Theatre in shakespeare"s time bound up with: market society, theatre state, and church. Civic authorities regarded theatre as nuisance, temptation to ppl to neglect responsibilities and lapse into idleness and waste.
