Elizabethan Drama Group

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jojoferret
jojoferret
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High School - 9th Grade

What were Queen Elizabeth I's views on the theater?

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Posted by jojoferret on Sunday November 11, 2007 at 4:44 PM and tagged with elizabethan drama, queen elizabeth i.

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  1. sagetrieb Teacher
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    Queen Elizabeth was well educated, spoke several languages, and  wrote poetry and music.  All poets and dramatists of the time paid their respects to the Queen, and Spenser’s Faierie Queene is probably the most elaborate example of that. Elizabeth enjoyed the theater, patronized it, and attended some of Shakespeare’s plays. Although we don’t know for sure all that she attended, we do know she saw Merry Wives of Windsor and Love Labors Lost.  Her interest in drama was such that several books have been written that hypothesized that she wrote some of Shakespeare's play, but this of course is only dreamy speculation.

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    http://www.enotes.com/elizabethan-drama
    http://www.folger.edu

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    Posted by sagetrieb on Sunday November 11, 2007 at 5:17 PM


  2. amy-lepore Teacher
    High School - 12th Grade

    Queen Elizabeth adored theatre.  In many of the books I've read regarding her life, she considered theatre to be one of her favorite releases from the burdens of her "job"--one of her favorite entertainments.  She was one of the earliest patrons of art--theatre included--and this love began even before she was Queen as her father also enjoyed many different artistic ventures.  She, like her father, was a truly "Renaissance" woman--many talents, many interests.

     

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    Posted by amy-lepore on Monday November 12, 2007 at 8:37 AM

  3. dfred
    dfred Student
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    Yeah Elizabeth like theautore ryewdfler

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    Posted by dfred on Wednesday February 11, 2009 at 5:02 PM