The establishment of romantic drama in England was the work of Shakespeare’s immediate predecessors known as the university wits (Kyd, Lyly, Greene, Peele, Marlowe, etc). Shakespeare’s plays follow the example set by these men. In other words, he is romantic dramatist as distinguished from the classical dramatists of ancient Greece and Rome. The Principles behindcontinue reading
The Elizabethan theaters were primitive concerns, large wooden sheds, party thatched with rushes, a flagstaff on the roof, and surrounded by a trench. They stood along the bank of the Thames and gave rise to a good deal of vexation to quiet citizens in the neighborhood. Around these play-houses in the afternoons, the narrow windingcontinue reading
Shakespeare’s poetic and dramatic career has been divided into four periods corresponding to the growth and experience of his life and mind. These divisions are as follows: Shakespeare Plays: Period of Experimentation (1588-1593) To this period belong: Titus Andronicus; Henry VI (three parts); Love’s Labour’s Lost; Comedy of Errors; Two gentlemen of Verona; Richard III;continue reading