theatre

Elizabethan

This is the time when queen elizabeth 1 ruled England.

It was a time when theatre and Shakespeare were very popular

Playwright

A person who writes plays

They make the story and what characters say

Shakespeare

A famous playwrights born in the 1600s.

Wrote timeless plays consisting of tragedies, comedies, and histories

Comedy

A commonly used theme in plays such as a midsummer nights dream written by Shakespeare

It is meant to make people laugh

Stratford upon Avon

The town where William Shakespeare was born

A town in england

First folio

A book with only Shakespearean plays in it.

Helped save his plays so people can read them now

Soliloquy

When a character talks to themselves on stage

It shows their thoughts

Iambic pentameter

A rhythm in writing

Each line has 10 beats

History

Plays that are about past events

They show battles and important moments in history

Globe theatre

A theatre in London where Shakespeare performed many plays

Burned down in 1613

Tragedy

A tragedy is a sad play with a bad ending

Has themes like death and sadness

Three tragedies

Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, hamlet

Three comedies

A midsummer nights dream, twelfth night, much ado about nothing

Three histories

Henry V, Richard III, Henry IV part 1

Why is Elizabethan theatre often referred to as the English renaissance

because it was a time when art, writing, and learning in England became important again after a quieter period. Writers like William Shakespeare made theatre new, exciting, and very popular.