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The reign of Queen Elizabthan I saw the first popular theatres built in London, putting on plays by great writers such as Marlowe, Shakespeare and Jonson. These sites provide more information about this era.

Subcategories

• Shakespeare

Resources in This Category

• 16th Century Theatre Database

  http://www.theatredatabase.com/16th_century/
  An archive of articles on sixteenth century theatre.

• Biographical Index of English Drama Before 1660

  http://shakespeareauthorship.com/bd/
  Detailed listing of people involved with the Early modern theatre.

• British Graduate Shakespeare Conference

  http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/events/2013/britgrad-2013.aspx
  Details of the annual Conference, at the Shakespeare Institute Stratford where postgraduate students submit work on Shakespeare and his contemporary dramatists. Includes the text of papers delivered.

• Condemnation of Elizabethan Theater

  http://www.theatredatabase.com/16th_century/condemnation_of_elizabethan_theater_001.html
  An examination of attempts by the Puritans and the London Corporation to shut down the theaters, as well as the royal protection which allowed the theaters to thrive.

• Elizabethan Playhouses, Actors, and Audiences

  http://www.theatrehistory.com/british/bellinger001.html
  An overview of Elizabethan Theatre; covers regulation and licensing of plays, objections to playhouses, companies of actors, and composition and ownership of plays.

• Poems by 16th Century Dramatists

  http://www.poetry-archive.com/collections/16th_century_dramatists.html
  An index of poems by some of the most important dramatists of the sixteenth century, including William Shakespeare, Torquato Tasso, and Lope de Vega.

• Records of Early English Drama (REED)

  http://www.reed.utoronto.ca/
  Collection of Renaissance and Medieval drama and related works.

• Shakespeare's Stage

  http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/SLT/stage
  Examines the development of the theatres and stages from Medieval drama to Shakespeare's time.

• The Elizabethan Theatre

  http://www.uni-koeln.de/phil-fak/englisch/shakespeare/
  An illustrated lecture on the development of the Elizabethan theatre, covering both playhouses and the dramas performed.

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