HISTORICAL CONTEXT

(I have not been to sure on how to create pages, so i am making this on 'Historical context' post and will be adding to it each week)

What sense do you get of what Elizabethan England was like?

The English Elizabethan Era is one of the interesting and renowned periods in the entire History of the country. Elizabethan England got its name from  the Queen Elizabeth I. Elizabethan England is famous for the Explorers, like Walter Raleigh. and Sir Francis Drake. It was hone to some the very first Theatres in England: William Shakespeare, the globe and Christopher Marlowe. 

Food, clothes ,Entertainment, education, sports, music, language, we the culture of the era. 

Life in Elizabethan England varied according to Class and where you were located in England there was far more wealth in London at this time because of its rich culture. A lot of what came into London was of foreign origin so its became far more valuable because it was not easily accessible, London was the hub for entertainment and fashion. London was very inspired but italian and french designers and so many of the trends where not English at all but in fact were the trends of allies so England. Life in the Era was very differed it was complelty dependent on the amout of wealth you had. The rich were rich and the poor were poor. It was the time of the Renaissance, completely new and exciting ideas in science and literature where being discovered and this had an effect on all aspects of Elizabethan Daily life. 

Session 1:

In the first session we began to become more familiar with the play and get it up on its feet. We all got to know who was playing what character and established the structure of the play. The actor playing the appropriate role would stand up when it was there scene. And once we had gone through the scene we discussed it which was very useful because it help give us a further understanding to what was going on within the play. The read through was helpful because as strange as it sounds it was helpful to hear the voices of the actors playing the characters because it brought the characters to life. I only wish going in we knew what scenes we where doing so we could of already before school started, prepared a little more. But the run through was still useful, and for be playing henry it was interesting to see the different interpretations of henry by ella and jasmine it helped me understand the character more and gave me a view from someone else's eyes and something to think about. i made many discoveries about the character i was playing and his relationship with the other characters in the play when it was brought to life. it is always far easier to understand something when you hear it not only see it. 

photo taken my Simon Stevens.