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English Ren. Drama 5533 Flashcards

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Who is -

Christopher Marlowe

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1564-1593

famous playwright

wrote Doctor Faustus

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Edward Alleyn

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1566-1626

lead actor of the Admiral’s Men

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Richard Burbage

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1567-1619

lead actor of the Lord Chamberlain’s (/King’s) Men

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Ben Jonson

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1572-1637

famous playwright

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Thomas Kyd

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wrote The Spanish Tragedy

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Philip Henslowe

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manager of the Admiral’s Men, kept detailed diary

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Nicholas Rowe

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added act/scene divisions in 1709

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William Kempe

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1560-1603

comic actor in Shakespeare’s company

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Francis Meres

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1565-1647

wrote Wits Treasury “sugared sonnets”

also wrote of Seneca and Plautus as being the gold standard of drama

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James Burbage

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father of Richard Burbage, built first Theatre

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Seneca

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c. 4 BC - AD 65

newly rediscovered (in 16th c.) Roman Playwright. adds Roman aspects to Greek sources, dwells on the horrific. recognized as the classical dramatist in Ren. England

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Plautus

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c. 254 - 184 BC

The gold standard of what comedy should be. Famous for plot devices (ex. mistaken identity) and stock characters

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What is the significance of:

Gorbodus

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pub. 1561

first English blank verse drama deliberate imitation of Seneca

written by Sackville and Norton

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What is the significance of:

Blackfriars Theatre

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first theatre within city walls

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Leicester’s Men

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1559-1588 first organized acting troup James Burbage was among them

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Admiral’s Men

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1567-1619 acting company of Henslowe and Alleyn

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What is the significance of:

Anti-Vagrance movements

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laws passed requiring performers to have aristocratic patrons

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What is the significance of:

The Theatre

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first permanent theatre in London, outside of the city walls

built by James Burbage

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