Queen Elizabeth I ( 1558-1603 )  Ruled England for 45 years.  Nicknamed “the Virgin Queen” and produced no heir to the throne  Restored Protestantism.

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Queen Elizabeth I ( )  Ruled England for 45 years.  Nicknamed “the Virgin Queen” and produced no heir to the throne  Restored Protestantism and formalized the Church of England  During her reign, the economy was weakened by inflation, food shortages, and high rent.  Outbreak of the black plague, food riots, Catholic conspiracies, threats of invasion, etc.  During the Elizabethan Period, hundreds of people were executed

King James I ( )  Renamed Shakespeare’s acting troupe “The King’s Men”  Believed in the supernatural and interested in witchcraft  Commissioned a translation of the bible from Latin to English (Shakespeare wrote it! (The King James Version)  Loved performances and views many of Shakespeare’s plays

The Plays  1590’s = COMEDY  Comedy usually has a happy ending (a marriage or marriages) and social unification  1600’s = TRAGEDY  Tragedy usually focuses on the suffering of a single, remarkable hero and ends in death(s)

The Globe Theater

THE GLOBE THEATER Built in 1599 Shakespeare was 1/5 owner June 19, 1613 the Globe burned to the ground during a performance of Henry VIII

The Globe Theater  On the bank of the river Thames  Groundlings got/get in for a very decent price  More expensive seats are in the roofed galleries

The Man That Would Be Shakespeare 1 SStratford-on-Avon, England MMoved to London when he was 23 HHe wrote 37 plays & 154 sonnets

Stratford-upon-Avon

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