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• Arts: Literature: Drama: Renaissance  (23)
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• Arts: Literature: Drama: 17th Century  (103)
• Arts: Literature: World Literature: British: Renaissance: Drama  (9)
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» 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.




» Biographical Index of English Drama Before 1660 - Detailed listing of people involved with the Early modern theatre.




» British Graduate Shakespeare Conference - Details of the annual Conference, at the Shakespeare Institute Stratford where postgraduate students submit work on Shakespeare and his contemporary dramatists. The site includes the text of papers delivered.




» 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.




» The Early Modern Drama Database - Full and thorough listing of all Elizabethan and Jacobean plays.




» Elizabethan Era Historical Lecture - Review of Surveillance, Militarism and Drama in the era of Shakespeare and Marlowe. Background for historical plays.




» 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.




» The Elizabethan Theatre - An illustrated lecture on the development of the Elizabethan theatre, covering both playhouses and the dramas performed.




» The History of The Rose - History of the first theatre South of the Thames together with details of the excavation of the site.




» London's disreputable South Bank - In an essay entitled 'Wrong Side of the River,' Jessica Browner considers London's disreputable south bank in the sixteenth and seventeenth century.




» Philip Henslowe (c.1550-1616) - A brief biography of an important figure in Elizabethan theatre.




» Pilgrimage and the Early Modern Stage - An essay which discusses references to pilgrimage in Elizabethan and Jacobean plays.




» Poems by 16th Century Dramatists - An index of poems by some of the most important dramatists of the sixteenth century, including William Shakespeare, Torquato Tasso, and Lope de Vega.




» Puritanism and the Theatre - An essay considering the reasons behind the Puritan opposition to the Early Modern theatre.




» Records of Early English Drama (REED) - Collection of Renaissance and Medieval drama and related works.




» Shakespeare's Stage - Examines the development of the theatres and stages from Medieval drama to Shakespeare's time.




» The Story of the New Globe Theatre - A illustrated history of the Elizabethan Globe Theatre and the modern Southwark reproduction.




» 16th Century Theatre Database - An archive of articles on sixteenth century theatre.