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ELIZABETHAN DRAMA - Coggle Diagram
ELIZABETHAN DRAMA
GENERAL FEATURES:
mixed audience( rich/ poor)
public performances illigal in the city of London ( Theatres on the South Bank)
form of entertainment (towns/cities)
main form of art of the period
INFLUENCES:
B. CLASSICAL DRAMA
promoted by Renaissance/ Humanism
Latin poet Seneca with plays into 5 acts
2 act: development
3 act: turning point
1 act: introduction
complication
5 act: problems resolution
Greek theatre
C. ITALIANS:
Commedia dell'arte ( 16th century)
Machiavelli ( vices/ corruption)
A. MEDIEVAL DRAMA:
allegorical situations and characters
comedy and tragedy
no Aristotles' 3 unities ( time, place, action)
caricature scenes/ realistic
morality plays
stars influence on men