Essay Archive - Shakespeare and his Theater
Shakespeare and his Theater
Compared to the technical theaters of today, the London public theaters
in the time of Queen Elizabeth I seem to be terribly limited. The plays had to
be performed during daylight hours only and the stage scenery had to be kept
very simple with just a table, a chair, a throne, and maybe a tree to symbolize
a forest. Many say that these limitations were in a sense advantages. What the
theater today can show for us realistically, with massive scenery and electric
lighting, Elizabethan playgoers had to imagine. This made the playwright have
to write in a vivid langu....
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