Before the Modern British Drama

By nathaliafs
  • Period: 1564 to

    Shakespeare

    The best poetry who wrote in English and act in his own plays. The best moment of british drama was with the Willian Shakespeare's plays when English theater enjoed a period of exceptionally high artistic greatness.
  • Period: to

    The Seventeenth century

    • Civil War Theares closed by the Puritans
  • Shakespeare

    Shakespeare

  • Monarchy returns

    The theares are re-opened but they don't come back to the superb quality like in the period of Willian Shakepeare.
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    Eighteenth century

    The Age of Reason: Theater continues to decline - the rational thoughts did not give space for the emotions, comedy and tragedy of british drama.
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    Nineteenth century

    Lack of good drama: Romantic thoughts and Victorian Age.

  • Windower's houses

    The Modern British Drama beggins with this Shaw's play called Windower's houses.
  • Period: to

    20th century

    The quality british drama returns.