16th Century Theatre Database «
http://www.theatredatabase.com/16th_century/ | | An archive of articles on sixteenth century theatre. |
Ancient Rome and English Renaissance Theatre «
http://www.pricejb.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Rome/Rome1.html | | The two matters considered in depth are the relationship between the design of performance arenas in elizabethan england and those of ancient rome , and early modern plays with a roman theme. |
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.shakespeare.bham.ac.uk/britgrad2005/ | | Details of the annual conference , at the shakespeare institute stratford where postgraduate students submit work on shakespeare and his contemporary dramatists. the site 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 Era Historical Lecture «
http://www.humanities.ualberta.ca/emls/04-1/rev_fitt.html | | Review of surveillance , militarism and drama in the era of shakespeare and marlowe. background for historical plays. |
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. |
London's disreputable South Bank «
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/journals/EH/EH36/browner1.html | | In an essay entitled 'wrong side of the river , ' jessica browner considers london's disreputable south bank in the sixteenth and seventeenth century. |
Philip Henslowe (c. 1550-1616) «
http://www.luminarium.org/encyclopedia/henslowe.htm | | A brief biography of an important figure in elizabethan theatre. |
Pilgrimage and the Early Modern Stage «
http://www.pricejb.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Britgrad/Pilgrimage.htm | | An essay which discusses references to pilgrimage in elizabethan and jacobean 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. |
Puritanism and the Theatre «
http://www.pricejb.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Britgrad/Puritanism%20and%20the%20Theatre.htm | | An essay considering the reasons behind the puritan opposition to the early modern theatre. |
Records of Early English Drama (REED) «
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~reed/reed.html | | Collection of renaissance and medieval drama and related works. |
Shakespeare's Stage «
http://web.uvic.ca/shakespeare/Library/SLT/stage/stagesubj.html | | Examines the development of the theatres and stages from medieval drama to shakespeare's time. |
The Early Modern Drama Database «
http://www.columbia.edu/~tdk3/earlymodern.html | | Full and thorough listing of all elizabethan and jacobean plays. |
