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A cultural flowering took place in England in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. The period is often called the Elizabethan Era, because so much of it fell within the reign of QueenElizabeth. Of all the forms of Elizabethan literature, none expressed the energy of the era better than drama. Of all the dramatists, none is more famous than William Shakespeare.
When Shakespeareappeared in London in 1592, Elizabethans already enjoyed the stage. The theatre was a very successful business. London theatres ranged from the Globe, a circular, unroofed structure holding threethousand people, to the Black-friars, a roofed structure that held only five hundred.
The Globe’s admission charge of one or two pennies enabled even the lower enabled even the lower classes to attend. Thehigher prices of the Black-friars brought an audience of the well-to-do. Because Elizabethan audiences varied greatly, playwrights wrote work that pleased nobles, lawyers, merchants, and vagabondsalike.
William Shakespeare was a complete man of the theatre. Although best known for writing plays, he was also an actor and shareholder in the chief theatre company of the time, the LordChamberlain’s Men.
Shakespeare has long been viewed as a universal genius. A master of the English language, he also wrote sonnets, a kind of poetry. He had a keen insight into human psychology. In his tragediesand his comedies, Shakespeare showed a remarkable understanding of the human condition.



A cultural flowering took place in England in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Theperiod is often called the Elizabethan Era, 1._______________ so much of it fell within the reign of Queen Elizabeth. Of all the forms of Elizabethan literature, none expressed the energy of the erabetter than drama. Of all the dramatists, 2._____________ more famous than William Shakespeare.
3. _________ Shakespeare appeared in London in 1592, Elizabethans already enjoyed the stage. The...