English Renaissance drama
C6044
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 |
Description generation (CDg)
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Instruction
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Input
Class: English Renaissance drama
Generated description
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.
Instances (77)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| The Knight of the Burning Pestle | — |
| The Scornful Lady | Jacobean stage comedy |
| The Coxcomb | Jacobean stage comedy |
| The Honest Man’s Fortune | Jacobean tragicomedy |
| A King and No King | Jacobean tragicomedy |
| The Captain | Jacobean stage comedy |
| The Woman’s Prize, or The Tamer Tamed | Jacobean stage comedy |
| Rule a Wife and Have a Wife | Jacobean stage comedy |
| A New Way to Pay Old Debts | Jacobean drama |
| The Bondman | Jacobean tragicomedy |
| The Unnatural Combat | Jacobean revenge tragedy |
| Henry IV, Part 1 | Elizabethan drama |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | Shakespearean comedy |
| Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay | Elizabethan play |
| The Scottish History of James IV | Elizabethan play |
| The Conspiracy and Tragedy of Charles, Duke of Byron | — |
| The Gentleman Usher | Elizabethan play |
| Rose Theatre | Elizabethan playhouse |
| Summer's Last Will and Testament | Elizabethan prose comedy |
| The Tempest | Shakespearean comedy |
| Sapho and Phao | Elizabethan prose comedy |
| Endymion | Elizabethan play |
| Gallathea | Elizabethan stage comedy |
| The Woman Hater | Jacobean stage comedy |
| First Folio of Beaumont and Fletcher (1647) | early modern play collection |
| The Yorkshire Tragedy | early modern English play |
| Shakespeare’s Richard II | early modern English drama |