CULTURAL BACKGROUND Towards the end of the Middle Ages there was a revival of interest in its most traditional motives: those of chivalry and legends of […]
EUROPEAN THEATRE (1550 – 1630) The theatre is a kind of scenic performance, through the actors’ change in the characters, with the public’s partecipation. In Greek […]
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE LIFE AND PLAYS speare was born in Stratford-on-Avon on April 23,1564. His father,John,made gloves but,when William was four,he was elected “bailiff” of Stratford,an important […]
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND The Tudor period marked the end of the medieval system and the rise of the modern age in England. This period was characterised by […]