1. Elizabethan Era or Shakespearean Era BOTH ARE TRUE
Overview of 16th Century Britain

2. Enter Queen Elizabeth I
Queen Elizabeth I was one of the only women to rule Britain, and she did it very well
Brief biography of QEI

3. William Shakespeare Shakespeare was considered one of the greatest playwrights, actors, and poets of his time; he was almost like a rock star. He wrote and performed many plays specifically for the Queen, which was a great honor.
Shakebio

4. General Living Conditions
Rich vs. The Poor

5. Emerging Middle Class

6. Education Only the wealthy could afford education for their children.
The poor put their children to work as soon as they could. Usually this would be around five years old

7. Crowded building over the street

8. Housing Tight No privacy (family would share a room
Dirt roads (mud and horse excrement)
Thunder mugs (chamber pots)
Tudor Toilets

9. Streets A lot of garbage Rats (Bubonic Plague)
Dirt roads (mud and horse excrement)
Emptying thunder mugs

10. Religion = State
There was a state religion – everyone had to believe in it

11. Magic Witches and magical happenings were believed by many
It was seen as the work of demons

12. Disease Not understood- thought to be “demons”
Medicine dealt with the humors, which must be balanced
Sanitation was abysmal - dead animals in gutters, animal and human excrement, etc.

13. But there was relief THE THEATRE
For the typical Londoner, life was hard. Going to see a play was modern day’s equivalent of the movies, television, and Broadway wrapped in one.

14. “No girls allowed!”

15. The Globe The donut-shaped globe had an open-air center
Groundlings and other patrons
Had to entertain educated and uneducated alike
Sound effects
Special effects
Fighting
Minor characters

16. A Play being performed at The Globe 2012!
Watch this!
A Play being performed at The Globe 2012!

17. The Theatre Maniac
“Recycled” story ideas for his plays, taking the basic plots of older works and rewriting them into new plays.
Wrote three tkind of plays: Tragedies, Comedies, Histories)
All of his plays were written in iambic pentameter
Cheesy, but fun

18. 2000 + Words and Phrases Schoolboy shooting star puppy-dog football
bandit
partner
downstairs
upstairs
leapfrog
alligator
mimic