The Shakespearean Stage - Renaissance Literature

George Chapman

Period: 1559 to 1634

Christopher Marlowe

Period: 1564 to 1593

Tamburlaine, Part 1 (c. 1587)
Tamburlaine, Part 2 (c. 1587–88)
The Jew of Malta (c. 1589)
Doctor Faustus (c. 1589)
Edward II (c. 1592)

Richard Burbage

Period: 1567 to 1619

Actor

Act for the Punishment of Vagabond

1572

provided that justices of the peace were to register the names of the "aged, decayed, and impotent" poor to determine how much money was required to care for them. The justices of the peace would then assess all inhabitants of the parish for their keep.

Shakespearian Stage

Period: 1574 to 1642

1574 = first royal patent to the Earl of Leicester's Men 1642 = closure of playhouses by the Parliament (Charles I lost power)

London population grows

Period: 1574 to 1642

from 200.000 to 400.000 inhabitants

The Boy companies

Period: 1576 to 1584

John Marston

Period: 1576 to 1634

Scholarship King/Queen's School in Canterb

1578

Elizabethan Puritans against playhouses

1579

A burst of books and pamphlets

Corpus Christi College scolarship

1580

Reims seminary

1580

secretly converting England to catholicism
M. writes in this climate

Master of Revels checked playscripts

1581

He gave authorizations
censorships?

the Queen's Men

1583

founded by queen Elizabeth I.
Best players

Master Degree

1584

Decree: use of inns forbid

1594

Master of the Revels assigns licences

1594

to companies

Lord Chamberlain's Men vs Lord Admiral's Men

Period: 1594 to 1600

LCM = Shakespeare
LAM = Marlowe

The Boy companies

Period: 1600 to 1608