LITERATURE QUESTIONS
RESTORATION EIGHTEENTH CENTURY DRAMA
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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men and women.
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noble and common citizens.
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rich and poor citizens.
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old and young actors.
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playwrights and actors.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Shakespeare was involved in many aspects of London’s professional theatrical world. He was an actor, a playwright, and a shareholder in an acting company known as the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, which became the King’s Men when James I became king in 1603.
Detailed explanation-2: -According to tradition, in 534 or 535 BC, Thespis astounded audiences by leaping on to the back of a wooden cart and reciting poetry as if he was the characters whose lines he was reading. In doing so he became the world’s first actor, and it is from him that we get the world thespian.
Detailed explanation-3: -The most known acting troupes were Lord Strange’s Men, Lord Chamberlain’s Men, Admiral’s men, and the King’s men.
Detailed explanation-4: -Shakespeare’s company, the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, was one of several to perform at the Theatre, appearing there by about 1594. A few years later, the Burbages lost their lease on the Theatre site and began construction of a new, larger playhouse, the Globe, just south of the Thames.