English Renaissance drama

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English Renaissance drama is a period of theatrical writing in England, roughly from the late 16th to early 17th centuries, marked by playwrights like William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, and Ben Jonson and characterized by rich poetic language and complex exploration of human nature and politics.

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instanceOf dramatic tradition
literary period
theatrical movement
alsoKnownAs English Renaissance drama
surface form: Elizabethan and Jacobean drama

early modern English drama
audience court audiences
public theatre audiences
characteristic complex characterization
exploration of human nature
exploration of politics and power
mixing of high and low styles
rich poetic language
use of blank verse
use of soliloquies and asides
country England
endedBy closure of the theatres in 1642
endTime early 17th century
historicalContext reign of Charles I of England
reign of Elizabeth I of England
reign of James I of England
influenced Restoration drama
modern English-language theatre
world drama and literature
influencedBy Italian Renaissance drama
classical Greek drama
classical Roman drama
medieval morality plays
medieval mystery plays
language Early Modern English
mainLocation London, England
surface form: London
majorVenue Blackfriars Theatre
The Globe Theatre
The Rose Theatre
Swan Theatre
surface form: The Swan Theatre
notablePlaywright Ben Jonson
Christopher Marlowe
Francis Beaumont
Ben Jonson
surface form: George Chapman

John Fletcher
John Ford
John Marston
John Webster
Philip Massinger
Thomas Dekker
Thomas Kyd
Thomas Middleton
William Shakespeare
partOf English Renaissance
Renaissance literature
relatedMovement Caroline theatre
English Renaissance drama self-linksurface differs
surface form: Elizabethan theatre

English Renaissance drama self-linksurface differs
surface form: Jacobean theatre
startTime late 16th century
theatricalForm city comedy
comedy
history play
morality play (late form)
revenge tragedy
tragedy
tragicomedy

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Mistress Page culturalOrigin English Renaissance drama
this entity surface form: English Renaissance theatre
Nym genre English Renaissance drama
this entity surface form: Elizabethan drama
Mercutio literaryPeriod English Renaissance drama
this entity surface form: Elizabethan drama
Owen Glendower literaryPeriod English Renaissance drama
this entity surface form: Elizabethan drama
Tybalt literaryPeriod English Renaissance drama
this entity surface form: Elizabethan drama
Justice Silence literaryTradition English Renaissance drama
this entity surface form: Elizabethan theatre
Stephano workAuthorEra English Renaissance drama
this entity surface form: Elizabethan-Jacobean theatre
Sycorax literaryPeriod English Renaissance drama
song “Full fathom five” literaryMovement English Renaissance drama
subject surface form: Full fathom five
this entity surface form: Elizabethan drama
song “Come unto these yellow sands” literaryMovement English Renaissance drama
subject surface form: Come unto these yellow sands
this entity surface form: Elizabethan and Jacobean drama
Nathaniel Field partOf English Renaissance drama
this entity surface form: English Renaissance theatre
Nathan Field movement English Renaissance drama
this entity surface form: English Renaissance theatre
Benjamin movement English Renaissance drama
subject surface form: Benjamin Jonson
this entity surface form: English Renaissance theatre
Benjamin movement English Renaissance drama
subject surface form: Benjamin Jonson
this entity surface form: Jacobean drama
The Alchemist partOf English Renaissance drama
this entity surface form: English Renaissance theatre
Michael Boyd fieldOfWork English Renaissance drama
this entity surface form: Shakespearean theatre
John Hadden fieldOfWork English Renaissance drama
this entity surface form: Shakespearean theatre
Second Folio of Shakespeare subject English Renaissance drama
this entity surface form: Elizabethan theatre