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Title: Research paper
Description: High school British Literature research paper. Guarantee an A.
Description: High school British Literature research paper. Guarantee an A.
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Jack Do
Mr
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Amy Allison
claims that theaters acted as a social force during this time period by reflecting the fantasies,
hopes, and fears of Elizabethans
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(1011)
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The Globe Theatre was built in
1599 and located in the Southwark district of London
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The Globe Theatre, the
most interesting of all theaters, that left a mark of the transformation of the dramatic literature
and became the lead public playhouses during the English Renaissance
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The reasons that kept and
maintained its popularity were its grand background, actors and the flow of difficulties it had
overcome
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The Globe was
an Elizabethan theatre which opened in Autumn 1599
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The Theatre was a playhouse that had been built by the father
of Burbage brothers, James Burbage, in Shoreditch in 1576
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It was one of the
four major playhouses in London in 1597 which were the Swan, the Rose, and the Curtain
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These people were called the Sharers, it means that they
shared the profits they earned through the costs
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Soon after King James I took over in 1603, they
changed their name to The King’s Men
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A good structure (both outside and inside) is an important factor to decide whether a
theater is good or not
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The Globe Theatre could contain for a total of 2,000 to 3,000
spectators
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The outer stage’s
platform had a rectangular shape and it projected into the courtyard, from the back wall
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The
inner stage was constructed as the center between two projecting wings
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A small
house
on the third level supported the tiring house the place where made, the announcements
and the playhouse's flag would often fly, advertising plays currently being performed
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By
this way, the audiences could let out their stress, breath some fresh air and enjoy the plays at the
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same time
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Mr
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The Globe theatre also known as the
Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre
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During both the last decade of Elizabeth's
reign, Shakespeare along with his partners, led their company to a huge success, the most
wellknown theater at the time and their plays completely dominated other companies' products
in the entire London
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Most of his plays in 1599 were
performed at the Globe
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“He
clearly represented dramatic devices, as well as dialogue, with the theater’s design in mind
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Through his plays, the Globe represented the spirit of dramatic
literature
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Peter Chrisp claims that even though
time passes on, his plays are still performed in theaters, and shown in movie houses all over the
world (4647)
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William Shakespeare was a grand and talented playwright that
marked the change in literature and his impacts were remembered until now
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From Linda Alchin's perspective, in the early Elizabethan era,
reputation of the actors was not good, people believed that even rogues and vagabonds were
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better than them
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Only when the theatres were built, the
standing of Elizabethan Actors could improved
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William Shakespeare and the other Globe
Theatre actors were expected to perform the plays all by themselves so they did not use stunts
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The voices of the actors had to carry very well to make sure that the dramatic
elements the audience could comprehensive the dramatic elements represented in the play (13)
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This rapid turnover led to another technique called cue scripting, where
where each actor was given only his own lines
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Some of them
were just ordinary but others were very wellknown and their reputation was
reverberated as
super stars
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He was also one of the top Principal Actors of Shakespeare Company at the
Globe and the most prime tragedian of the Elizabethan stage
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His roles included kings, heroes, villains, old men, young men, and even
madmen
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In addition of his capacity of being an actor, he was also very talented in
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painting and he even had picture of his selfportrait
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Because of growing up in a theatrical family, he was very
popular and his reputation spreaded all over London when he was twenty
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Another well known actor during the last 1500s was Will Kemp
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Before the opening of the Globe in 1599, he was known as the
leading comic actor of the Chamberlain’s men
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He played as Falstaff in the King Henry IV plays,
Peter, a servant to Juliet’s nurse in Romeo and Juliet and a weaver in A Midsummer Night’s
dream
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He left the other actors to join the new playhouse
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His desertion made it
difficult for other members to launch their new venture
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The problem was
solved when
a new member of the Chamberlain’s Men came cleaning up after the mess Will
Kempe had caused
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A lot of hardships happened to the Globe just a few years settled in peace and it was one
of the most difficult time for the Globe
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When the play Henry VIII was performing, the
Globe’s roof was set ablaze by a cannon fired
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The flames quickly spread throughout the theater
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Luckily, everyone
escaped unharmed, but the Globe burned to the ground
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Despite the rumors, the players
did not give up and they immediately planned to rebuilt the Globe (43)
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As much as possible, the Globe was reconstructed using the same tools, techniques, and
supplies as the original one
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It had a tiled roof
rather than a thatched one in order to prevent the risk of having second fire accident
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The main reason for rebuilding the
Globe was out of tradition
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The replacement was finished in 1614 using the same basic design as the last version
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Fortunately, King James
and other noblemen supported the cost of the rebuilding
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The
second Globe was built with bigger measurements
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This led to more room for costumes and props
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It also had more
structural principle so the pillars in the stage were removed
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After the reconstruction of the Globe, everything again seemed settled, a war broke out in
England between King Charles I and Parliament in 1642
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They believed that all theatres were evil and they did not have the right to
exist
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” In the
1644, the playhouses fell into disrepair when they passed a law closing the playhouses and
prohibiting performance of all plays
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The King’s Men were forced to dissolve too
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At the same time, it was smashed and reconstructed to
make room for public housing
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Peter Chrisp mentions that this was a disaster for the players either
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Other players joined the king’s army
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The Globe Theatre, “a model of the world,” was represented as a literature transformation
during the English Renaissance
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It did
not only provide entertainment but also many other activities for the public
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“The Globe
was truly a microcosm or little world of man”, meant that it aided an audience of higherquality,
wellheeled, and better education (6)
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For William Shakespeare, the Globe Theatre was the home for most of his plays
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The
significance of the Globe proven when after being torn down twice, it was still remembered as “a
model of the world”, “a microcosm or little world of man” and there was always a need to
rebuild this theater
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Title: Research paper
Description: High school British Literature research paper. Guarantee an A.
Description: High school British Literature research paper. Guarantee an A.