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- 2. GENERAL FACTS English culture tends to dominate the formal cultural life of the United Kingdom, but
- 3. Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland share fully in the common culture but also preserve lively traditions
- 4. British art has had a tremendous impact on world culture. Writers from every part of the
- 5. British studios, playwrights, directors, and actors have been remarkable pioneers of stage and screen. British comedians
- 6. British composers have found devoted listeners around the world, as have various contemporary pop groups and
- 7. From medieval time to the present, this extraordinary flowering of the arts has been encouraged at
- 8. The independent Arts Council, formed in 1946, supports many kinds of contemporary creative and performing arts.
- 9. The British Museum in London houses historical artifacts from all parts of the globe. London is
- 10. Among the many libraries and museums of interest in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland are the
- 11. Theatres of Great Britain
- 12. THE ENGLISH DRAMA Drama of the Middle Ages
- 13. Through practically a thousand years while the European theatre was “dark” the Christian Church was unable
- 14. It is probable, had not the church itself responded to the primitive desire of people to
- 15. At first only the priests took part acting out the events from the lives of Christ
- 16. Both the Mystery and the Morality plays were often long winded and frequently dull. To relieve
- 17. Most of these farces came originally from France or Italy and dealt either with the subject
- 18. From these “interludes”(literally “between the games”, which was their actual use in Italy) developed a swift
- 19. 16th Century English Theatre
- 20. ELIZABETHAN THEATRES The theatre as a public amusement was an innovation in the social life of
- 21. The great popularity of plays of all sorts led to the building of playhouses both public
- 22. Companies of actors were kept at the big baronial estates of Lord Oxford, Lord Buckingham and
- 23. Regulation and Licensing of Plays The control of these various companies soon became a problem to
- 24. The sovereign attempted to regulate matters by granting licenses to the aristocracy for the maintenance of
- 25. During the reign of Mary, the rules were strict. Elizabeth granted the first royal patent to
- 26. Objections to Playhouses Respectable people and officers of the Church frequently made complaint of the growing
- 27. that taverns and disreputable houses were always found in the neighborhoods of the theatres, and that
- 28. Elizabeth’s comedy was to compromise. She regulated the abuses, but allowed the players to thrive. One
- 29. Players were forbidden to establish themselves in the city, but could not be prevented from building
- 30. Companies of Actors In 1578 six companies were granted permission by special order of the queen
- 31. Soon the professional actor gained something in the public esteem, and occasionally became a recognized and
- 32. Playhouses The number of playhouses steadily increased. Besides the three already mentioned, there were in Southwark
- 33. At the end of the rein of Elizabeth there were eleven theatres in London, including public
- 34. England was the last of European countries to accept women on the stage. In the year
- 35. Composition and Ownership of Plays The plays were the property, not of the author, but of
- 36. If the piece became popular, rival managers often stole it by sending to the performance a
- 37. Performances Public performances generally took place in the afternoon, beginning about 3 o’clock and lasting perhaps
- 38. The house itself was not unlike a circus, with a good deal of noise and dirt.
- 39. Court Comedies There were two groups of plays in the 16th century, which belonged neither to
- 40. One of this was the court comedy, designed especially as a compliment to the queen; the
- 41. Court Masques The success of the masque depended upon the architect, the scene painter, decorator and
- 42. The king and queen, each, provided the masque at Christmas. There remain more than thirty examples
- 43. The Old English Pantomime The old English pantomime was modeled with certain modifications upon the masque
- 44. The story was usually founded upon a classical subject, was illustrated with music and grand scenic
- 45. Early in 1723 the managers of Drury Lane, in rivalry with Rich, produced a pantomime which
- 46. Chamberlain’s Men Chamberlain’s Men, a theatrical company with which Shakespeare (1564-1616) was intimately connected for most
- 47. In 1594 their London home was for a time a theatre in Newington Butts (a village
- 48. Later, they presumably used the theatre, situated in Shoreditch, since this was owned by the father
- 49. Shakespeare was the company’s principal dramatist (he also acted with them), but in addition to his
- 50. FAMOUS ENGLISH PLAYWRIGHTS AND ACTORS OF THE 16TH CENTURY
- 51. Francis Beaumont (1584 – 1616) John Fletcher (1579-1625) Robert Greene (1558-1592) Ben Jonson (1573 – 1637)
- 52. 17th CENTURY ENGLISH THEATRE
- 53. The Restoration Charles II (1660 – 1685) recreated the London theatre. He made it over in
- 54. The managers deserted the repertory system that had given the English such a variety of drama,
- 55. When the producers turned away from the Elizabethan type of public playhouse and installed proscenium arches
- 56. Famous English Actors and Playwrights of the 17th Century
- 57. Thomas Betterton (1635? – 1710) John Dryden (1631 -1700) Nathaniel Lee (1653-1692) William Congreve (1670-1729)
- 58. Famous English Actors and Playwrights of the 18th Century
- 59. David Garrick (1717-1779) Oliver Goldsmith (1730? -1774) Edmund Kean (1787-1833) William Macready (1793-1873) Richard Brinsley Sheridan
- 60. Famous English Actors and Playwrights of the 19th Century
- 61. Lewis Casson (1875 – 1969) Henry Irving (1838-1905) Tom Taylor (1817-1880) Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900)
- 62. 20th CENTURY ENGLISH THEATRE The English stage of the 20th century has produced on the whole
- 63. His plays are conspicuous for abundantly witty dialogue. John Galsworthy, who enjoyed the widest vogue at
- 64. The 1930-s saw a new upheaval of democratic culture in Great Britain, its main feature being
- 65. Center 42 is the most recent development in the working class theatre. It was founded by
- 66. Famous English Actors, Playwrights, and Directors of the 20th Century
- 67. Peter Brook (1925- ) Vivien Leigh (1918 – 1967) Laurence Kerr Olivier (1907 – 1989) John
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