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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....
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