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Elizabethan Era Historical Lecture
Review of Surveillance, Militarism and Drama in the era of Shakespeare and Marlowe. Background for historical plays. (infos)Elizabethan Playhouses, Actors, and Audiences
An overview of Elizabethan Theatre; covers regulation and licensing of plays, objections to playhouses, companies of actors, and composition and ownership of plays. (infos)
Condemnation of Elizabethan Theater
An examination of attempts by the Puritans and the London Corporation to shut down the theaters, as well as the royal protection which allowed the theaters to thrive. (infos)
Ancient Rome and English Renaissance Theatre
The two matters considered in depth are the relationship between the design of performance arenas in Elizabethan England and those of Ancient Rome, and Early Modern Plays with a Roman theme. (infos)
The History of The Rose
History of the first theatre South of the Thames together with details of the excavation of the site. (infos)
The Elizabethan Theatre
An illustrated lecture on the development of the Elizabethan theatre, covering both playhouses and the dramas performed. (infos)
The Story of the New Globe Theatre
A illustrated history of the Elizabethan Globe Theatre and the modern Southwark reproduction. (infos)
Philip Henslowe (c.1550-1616)
A brief biography of an important figure in Elizabethan theatre. (infos)
Puritanism and the Theatre
An essay considering the reasons behind the Puritan opposition to the Early Modern theatre. (infos)
Pilgrimage and the Early Modern Stage
An essay which discusses references to pilgrimage in Elizabethan and Jacobean plays. (infos)