Shakespeare Revival

Globe Theatre

The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London which played William Shakespeare plays. The theatre played an important role in Shakespeare’s plays, as in those times they didn’t have microphones, so they needed to project there voice so the audience can hear them, thats why the theatre was built in a round shape. It was built in 1599. By the company which help produce Shakespeare plays, the Lord Chamberlain’s Men. The Globe Theatre was destroyed by fire on June 29, 1613. A second Globe Theatre was rebuilt on the same site by June 1614, the theatre then closed in 1642. The new and modern reconstruction of the Globe, is now named “Shakespeare’s Globe“, and opened in 1997.

The Globe Thatre

The Lord Chamberlains Men

The Lord Chamberlain’s Men was the playing company that William Shakespeare worked for as actor and playwright for most of his career. The Lord Chamberlain’s Men had become one of the two leading companies of the city by 1603. It is named the Lord Chamberlains Men due to the fact that at the time of Shakespeare, no women were allowed in the plays, so that it is why they only use men at the end. The main reason in which The Lord Chamberlain’s company was a big hit is because Shakespeare had been a great and talented play writer.

Each Play company such as The Lords Chamberlains Men would have their own Theatre to perform such as the Globe Theatre; this in way people will recognize each company and what they perform. This is why The Lord Chamberlains Men were famous.

The Lord Chamerlains Men

Elizabethan Society

The Elizabethan era is associated with the reign of Queen Elizabeth which existed from 1558-1603.and is often considered to be the golden age in the English history. It was the height of English literature and saw the flowering of English poetry. Also this the time during which Elizabethan theatre flourished and William Shakespeare with many others. This caused William Shakespeare to spring up and make great works of literature. It was an age of discovery and learning. These are the elements in which we know of the,The Elizabethan Society.

Queen Elizabeth

Loves Labours Lost Overview

The King of Navarre and his three servants, Berowne, Longaville, and Dumaine, swear an oath to a regulation, which has fasting and avoiding contact with women for aperiod of three years. They receive a letter from a man called Don Armado, a Spaniard visiting the King’s palace, telling them that he had caught Costard, the village fool, and Jaquenetta, a country wench, romancing in the park. The King sentences Costard to on bread and water for 2 weeks
After that the Princess of France has arrived to visit the King. Because of his oath, the King cannot receive the Princess and her party at his court. The three servants fall in love with the three ladies, and so does the King with the Princess.the king figures out his three loyal servants are not following the oath so the King then advances and scolds the two men for breaking their oath. The four men agreed to win the women over and forget the oath
After the men leave and reappear as themselves, the women reveal their prank( They switched places). They all watch a show of the Nine Worthies, performed by Don Armado. A messenger arrives to tell the Princess that her father has died, and she prepares to return to France. The women tell the 4 men to seek them again in a year, and the play ends with their departure.