"A Player's Walk through Elizabethan Theatre " Topic
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| Tango01 | 05 Sep 2015 11:44 a.m. PST |
"What were Elizabethan theatres really like? It seems strange, but the boisterous, bustling, familiar precincts of London that Shakespeare trod have mostly vanished from sight. The Great Fire that devastated London in 1666 swept the core of the City into ash and ruin. Almost every building or church of note that lay west of the Tower, with the exceptions of the areas around Bishopsgate and Aldgate, were laid to waste. From the Tower to the Fleet, Tudor London was mostly devastation. The London we see today was built on its bones. To understand the London of the playing troupes, you must first seek the roots of the city, the ebb and flow of its tides, particularly the torrent of change that was engulfing it throughout the reign of the Tudors….and what London meant for players, playwrights and theatre…"
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| tkdguy | 06 Sep 2015 11:45 p.m. PST |
Interesting reading. Thanks. |
| Tango01 | 07 Sep 2015 3:56 p.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it my friend!. (smile) Amicalement
Armand |
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