•Associated with Queen Elizabeth I’s Reign•1558-1603•Sub-category of English Reneissance theatre

•1572 strolling players banned•Nobles started their own companies•Courtyards of inns•1576 the Theatre•The Globe, the Curtain, the Rose, the Swan, the Bear Garden etc.

•Rarely two days in a row

•Played in the afternoon

•No women

•History play, tragedy, comedy city comedy

•Bear baiting, bull ring, gambling

•Cheap tickets

Bear baiting

•A clause•Fashion shows•Contemporary clothing•Importance of colours•Women’s parts

•Mainly from modest backgrounds

•Some educated at Oxford or Cambridge

•Plays were owned by the companies

•Collaborations

•William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlow,

Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Thomas Kyd.

W. Shakespeare C. Marlow

•Built in 1599 of timber from the Theatre•Owned mainly by actors•1613 burned down, rebuilt in 1614•1642 closed, 1644 pulled down•1970 american actor and director Sam Wanamaker founded the Shakespeare Globe Trust and Inernational Shakespeare Globe Centre•1997 Shakespeare’s Globe opened