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| perfected dramatic poetry - powerful dramatic verses (deemed 'Mighty Line' by critics) and iambic pentameter (5 beats per line, 2 syllables per beat, accent on the 2nd beat) - Wrote Doctor Faustus, Tamburlaine, & Edward II. |
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| once a member of the acting company in London known as Lord Chamberlain's Men, he excelled in tragedy, comedy, and history. Wrote with extraordinary verse, in powerful metaphors, and with musical language (iambic pentameter creates this flow). Developed well-rounded and detailed characters and was a master of episodic plot structure. His plays were produced at The Globe Theater. |
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| outdoor performing spaces were all levels of society could attend. Stage platform was elevated to allow trapdoors in the floor and the tiring house (where actors changed costumes) was behind the stage and was used to store set pieces. Set had an upper area for balcony scenes and a third level called the musician's gallery. Spectators, called groundlings, stood in the yard (area in front of the stage) and sat in box seats and galleries higher up. There was no painted scenery and since the scenes changed quickly due to Shakespeare's episodic plots, there were minimal properties to suggest locales. |
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| Elizabethan Acting Companies |
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| had roughly 25 members separated into 3 categories of personnel: shareholders (elite, received % of profits as payment), hirelings (contracted actors, minor roles), and apprentices (training for profession, assigned to shareholders). |
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| Masque (Post Elizabethan) |
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| became popular after Elizabeth's reign, during James I & Charles I's reign; ornate, professionally staged mythological allegories designed to praise the monarch. |
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| outlaw theatrical activity in London. |
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