#elizabethan-theatre

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fromWorld History Encyclopedia
3 months ago

The Poems of Christopher Marlowe

Marlowe's translation of Ovid's Amores, known in English as the Elegies, was groundbreaking, not just as the first known translation into English but also for employing the rhymed heroic couplet.
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3 months ago

London's Pocket Parks: The Red Lion Playhouse, E1

The Red Lion was possibly London's first purpose-built theatre, opened in 1567 but closed within a year or two.
fromWorld History Encyclopedia
431 years ago

Titus Andronicus

Dr. Samuel Johnson argues that the barbaric violence in 'Titus Andronicus' is so extreme it cannot be tolerated by any audience, reflecting its lasting negative reception.
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