ELIZ AB E T HA N
PART -1
DRAMA
OF THE MOVE MENT
ORIGIN
PROMINENT AUTHORS
E P RE SE NTAT IVE W ORK S
R
, ORIGIN
• Generally agreed that the period began at the reign of Queen Elizabeth I in 1558, the ending
is not as definite.
• Some consider the age to have ended at the queen’s death in 1603, whereas other place th
of Elizabethan Drama at the closing of the theatres in 1642.
• Elizabeth I was a powerful, resolute monarch who returned England to Protestantism, quell
great deal of internal turmoil and unified the nation.
• During her reign , some playwrights were able to make a comfortable living by receiving roy
patronage.
PART -1
DRAMA
OF THE MOVE MENT
ORIGIN
PROMINENT AUTHORS
E P RE SE NTAT IVE W ORK S
R
, ORIGIN
• Generally agreed that the period began at the reign of Queen Elizabeth I in 1558, the ending
is not as definite.
• Some consider the age to have ended at the queen’s death in 1603, whereas other place th
of Elizabethan Drama at the closing of the theatres in 1642.
• Elizabeth I was a powerful, resolute monarch who returned England to Protestantism, quell
great deal of internal turmoil and unified the nation.
• During her reign , some playwrights were able to make a comfortable living by receiving roy
patronage.
