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Period: 1559 to
George Chapman
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Period: 1564 to
Christopher Marlowe
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) -
Period: 1567 to
Richard Burbage
Actor -
1572
Act for the Punishment of Vagabond
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. -
Period: 1574 to
Shakespearian Stage
1574 = first royal patent to the Earl of Leicester's Men 1642 = closure of playhouses by the Parliament (Charles I lost power) -
Period: 1574 to
London population grows
from 200.000 to 400.000 inhabitants -
Period: 1576 to
The Boy companies
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Period: 1576 to
John Marston
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1578
Scholarship King/Queen's School in Canterb
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1579
Elizabethan Puritans against playhouses
A burst of books and pamphlets -
1580
Corpus Christi College scolarship
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1580
Reims seminary
secretly converting England to catholicism
M. writes in this climate -
1581
Master of Revels checked playscripts
He gave authorizations
censorships? -
the Queen's Men
founded by queen Elizabeth I.
Best players -
Master Degree
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Decree: use of inns forbid
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Master of the Revels assigns licences
to companies -
Period: to
Lord Chamberlain's Men vs Lord Admiral's Men
LCM = Shakespeare
LAM = Marlowe -
Period: to
The Boy companies