English dramatists and playwrights

William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. In Julius Caesar, one of Shakespeare’s most well-known plays, Shakespeare outlines the story of the great Roman general: Julius Caesar, for whom the play is titled. Julius Caesar takes place in ancient Rome in 44 B.C., when Rome was the center of an empire expanding from Britain to North Africa and Persia to Spain. Yet even as the…

exodus, literally the song to get out, whose purpose was to present to the audience what the moral of the story was (Englert, n.d.). Next to the structure of the play, there were also other important conventions that had to be respected by the playwrights: the hero had to experience a tragic destiny, a reversal of fortune and a downfall and this is the essence of the tragedy. They also had to take the three rules of unity into account: unity of place (the action had to take place in only one…

Sexism and misogyny in Theater There are plenty of women who produce, direct, design sets and act in theatrical productions, however they did not always have these opportunities. “Women’s parts were played by men until the late 1700’s. When women did get the chance to perform in the United States, actresses were often seen as fallen or disgraced women because respectable women were not supposed to engage in public activity” (Matthews, 315). Examples of sexism in theatric productions include,…

William Shakespeare (within the class system of Elizabethan England) did not seem intended for enormity. He was not born into a gracious or wealthy family. He did not continue his formal education at university, nor did he take guidance of a senior artist. He didn’t marry to a wealthy or prestigious family. Since he is not been casting for starring roles, his talent appears to have been self-effacing as an actor. As a playwrighter, his success depends in part upon royal sponsorship. In spite of…

the proper birth date of William Shakespeare; however, he was baptized in the Holy Trinity Church were his mother was buried. William Shakespeare is known to be one of Literature most famous poet. He is “called the English national poet and considered by many to be the greatest dramatist of all time” (Brown). Also, he was a “writer of great intellectual rapidity, perceptiveness, and poetic power” (Brown). Shakespeare was one of “John and Mary Shakespeare 's oldest surviving child”…

Due to his eminence as a playwright, Shakespeare’s caliber as a poet has a tendency of going overlooked. Compared to his theatrical works, the Bard’s sonnets have been greatly under examined and, even when analyzed, critics often narrowly focus on whom the works are addressed to or their biographic implications. As interesting as Shakespeare’s lovers and himself were, it is just as riveting to look into the collection’s overarching theme to see what insights the dramatist has to offer about the…

plays. Arguably, he is second only to Shakespeare among sixteenth century English playwrights. As a dramatist, Marlowe brilliantly reflects the contemporary Renaissance zeitgeist. However, he is ahead of his time as well. Many of the issues he highlighted in his plays would come to occupy the mental landscape of many coming generations. Edward II is one such play. It is one of the earliest chronicle plays in the history of English drama. It may not enjoy as high repute as Doctor Faustus.…

David Auburn is a forty-seven year old successful playwright, director, screenwriter, husband and father. Born in Chicago, Auburn then grew up in Ohio and Arkansas, where he developed his deep love for the arts. Attending the University of Chicago, he joined “Off Off Campus Theater Group”, where he began acting and writing plays and monologues. Auburn also became a critic in his university’s newspaper. Shortly after majoring in English Literature(1991), Auburn accepted a Stephen Spielberg…

Henrik Johan Ibsen has a prominent place in the genre of realism in theatre. He is called the father of realism and modern drama. He was born on March 20, 1828 in Skien, Norway to Knud Ibsen and Marichen Altenburg. His father was a general merchant. Henrik Ibsen’s childhood was full of poverty because of his father’s financial setbacks. At the age of 15, he stopped going to school and joined as an apprentice in an apothecary in Grimstad. The poverty had a strong influence on his plays. He had…

William Shakespeare, author of the most well known play, Romeo and Juliet, was an English poet, playwright and actor, widely seen as the greatest writer in the English and the world’s most dominant dramatist. William Shakespeare writes three different types of plays: Comedies, Histories and Tragedies, and the play entitled, Romeo and Juliet, is written in the Tragedies category. Romeo and Juliet was first originally published in the year 1597 and is set in the city of Verona; Italy. Romeo and…