Shakespeare’s plays were performed at the Globe Theater and the Blackfriars Theater.
• Masque
o a short allegorical dramatic entertainment of the 16th and 17th centuries performed by masked actors
o suggested paralles between the person beign honored or the occosian being celebrated and sme mythological personage or event
o serious speaking/singing roles ( professional musicians
o comic or grotesque roles ( professional actors
• University Wits
o A group of educated men; were schooled at Oxford and Cambridge
o Turned to writing for the public stage
o Christopher Marlowe, Robert Greene, Thomas Nashe, Thomas Lodge, George Peele, John Lyly, Thomas Kyd
o Bridged the gap between the learned and popular audiences
|Christopher Marlowe |Tamburlaine Parts 1 & 2 (1587-1588) |
| |Doctor Faustus (1588) |
| |The Jew of Malta (1589) |
| |Edward II (1592) |
|Ben Johnson |Every Man in His Humou (1598) |
| |Volpone (1606) |
| |Epicoene, or the Silent Woman (1609) |
| |The Alchemist (1610) |
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