The Renaissance: More than Art and Architecture
My recent research and study has been of the Medieval “Mystery” Plays, sometimes called morality plays, but basically they were very very...
Norton and Sackville prove England could produce dramas like the Greeks and Romans with Gorboduc (15
Gorboduc was a play co-written by Thomas Norton and Thomas Sackville. It was performed during the royal Christmas celebrations of 1561...
The Music of Shakespeare's Times
Just like England's playwrights and poets, its scholars and teachers, England's musical composers took traditions and styles from Italy...
Shakespeare's Legacy and his Life as a Playwright
William Shakespeare was an actor, playwright, poet, and theater-owner. His Active Years as a Playwright and Poet were between 1589 –...
The Story of Shakespeare in 5 Acts - and a 3 Act Movie Version
ACT 1 William Shakespeare was born and grew up in Stratford-upon-Avon. His father was a successful man. He was a leatherer, but he also...
The Five Act Structure as used by Shakespeare
Is there a reason Shakespeare always uses a 5 Act structure in his plays? The Roman poet Horace says in his Art of Poetry that 5 Acts...
The 1500s in England: The Beginning of a Renaissance
Whether you’re used to the Queen’s English, American English, or the other many forms of English, you probably grew up studying...
Understanding the English of Shakespeare
If you want to read something that is very very different from Modern English read anything written in Old English. The thing to...
A Picture of Shakespeare's Bookshelf, and why his Genius Mattered More
The real catalyst for this project was not so much to disprove the theory that Shakespeare did not write his plays, but that they were...
Shakespeare's Works In The Context of the history of Europe
The Italian Renaissance saw a fourishing of lierature, the sciences, and the arts. It should not be forgotten that the Middle Ages had...
