English Renaissance drama
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concept
English Renaissance drama is a body of theatrical works produced in England roughly between the late 15th and early 17th centuries, characterized by poetic language, complex characters, and a blend of classical influences with contemporary social, political, and religious themes.
All labels observed (23)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Elizabethan play | 14 |
| English Renaissance drama canonical | 11 |
| Jacobean stage comedy | 8 |
| Elizabethan drama | 7 |
| Shakespearean comedy | 6 |
| early modern English drama | 5 |
| Jacobean tragicomedy | 4 |
| work by William Shakespeare | 4 |
| Elizabethan playhouse | 3 |
| Elizabethan prose comedy | 2 |
| Jacobean drama | 2 |
| Jacobean revenge tragedy | 2 |
| Shakespearean play | 2 |
| Elizabethan stage comedy | 1 |
| Elizabethan stage play | 1 |
| Elizabethan tragedy | 1 |
| Jacobean playwright | 1 |
| Shakespearean history plays | 1 |
| Shakespearean setting | 1 |
| early modern English performance tradition | 1 |
| early modern English play | 1 |
| early modern English text | 1 |
| early modern play collection | 1 |
Instances (77)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Inns of Court masques | early modern English performance tradition |
| The Globe Theatre | Elizabethan playhouse |
| The Rose Theatre | Elizabethan playhouse |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Shakespearean comedy |
| The Merchant of Venice | Shakespearean comedy |
| Sonnets | work by William Shakespeare |
| As You Like It | Shakespearean comedy |
| Coriolanus | work by William Shakespeare |
| Twelfth Night | Elizabethan play |
| The Taming of the Shrew | Elizabethan play |
| Love's Labour's Lost | Elizabethan play |
| Thomas Middleton | Jacobean playwright |
| The Jew of Malta | Elizabethan drama |
| Tamburlaine | Elizabethan tragedy |
| The Spanish Tragedy | Elizabethan drama |
| Troilus and Cressida | Shakespearean play |
| Cymbeline | Shakespearean play |
| Henry VI, Part 3 | early modern English drama |
| The Bird in a Cage | — |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | Elizabethan play |
| 1 Henry IV | Elizabethan drama |
| William Shakespeare's Richard III | Elizabethan drama |
| Henriad | Shakespearean history plays |
|
William Shakespeare's play "Richard II"
surface form:
Richard II
|
early modern English drama |
| The Comedy of Errors | work by William Shakespeare |
| A True Reportory of the Wracke, and Redemption of Sir Thomas Gates Knight | early modern English text |
| Catiline His Conspiracy | — |
| All’s Well That Ends Well | Shakespearean comedy |
| Henry VI, Part 1 | Elizabethan drama |
| Henry VI, Part 2 | early modern English drama |
| The Maid of Honour | Jacobean tragicomedy |
| Pericles, Prince of Tyre | Jacobean drama |
| The Shoemaker's Holiday | Elizabethan play |
| The Honest Whore | — |
| Old Fortunatus | Elizabethan stage play |
| Satiromastix | early modern English drama |
| If This Be Not a Good Play, the Devil Is In It | — |
| The Malcontent | Jacobean stage comedy |
| Antonio and Mellida | Elizabethan play |
| Parasitaster, or The Fawn | — |
| The Insatiate Countess | — |
| Histriomastix | Elizabethan play |
| Belmont | Shakespearean setting |
| Ur-Hamlet | Elizabethan play |
|
Love's Labour's Won (lost play)
surface form:
Love's Labour's Won
|
Elizabethan play |
|
Whetstone's play Promos and Cassandra
surface form:
Promos and Cassandra
|
— |
| The Massacre at Paris | Elizabethan play |
| The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus | Elizabethan drama |
| The Revenger's Tragedy | Jacobean revenge tragedy |
| The Roaring Girl | Jacobean stage comedy |