Social Studies
The Elizabethan Era is the period associated with Queen Elizabeth I’s reign (1558–1603) and is often considered to be the golden age in English history. It was the height of the English Renaissance and saw the flowering of English poetry and literature. This was also the time during which Elizabethan theatre flourished and William Shakespeare and many others, composed plays that broke free of England’s past style of plays and theatre. It was an age of exploration and expansion abroad, while back at home, the Protestant Reformation became the national mindset of all the people.
The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare were most of Shakespeare’s famous plays were performed such as Romeo and Juliet. It was built in 1599 by Shakespeare’s playing company, the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, and was destroyed by fire on June 29, 1613.[1] A second Globe Theatre was rebuilt on the same site by June 1614 and closed in 1642.
A modern reconstruction of the Globe, named “Shakespeare’s Globe”, opened in 1997. It is approximately 230 metres (750 ft) from the site of the original theatre.
Tragedies, Comedies and Histories.
Tragedies in Shakespears plays are used to emphasise pain, hurt and suffering. One of his plays are “Romeo and Juliet” which are associated with this. Another would be Comedies, used to create laughter and enjoyment. The “Comedy of Errors” is a play containing this. Histories are used to re-write the past and the lay
