The reign of Queen Elizabthan I saw the first popular theatres built in London, putting on plays by great writers such as Marlowe, Shakespeare and Jonson. These sites provide more information about this era.- Category ID : 8237
An overview of Elizabethan Theatre; covers regulation and licensing of plays, objections to playhouses, companies of actors, and composition and ownership of plays.
An examination of attempts by the Puritans and the London Corporation to shut down the theaters, as well as the royal protection which allowed the theaters to thrive.
Details of the annual Conference, at the Shakespeare Institute Stratford where postgraduate students submit work on Shakespeare and his contemporary dramatists. Includes the text of papers delivered.