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Author, A. A. (Year). Elizabethan Theatre (Updated ed.). Zanichelli.
Before Shakespeare dominated the scene, a group of university-educated writers known as the "University Wits" revolutionized drama. They included Christopher Marlowe (Doctor Faustus, Tamburlaine), who introduced blank verse (unrhymed iambic pentameter) as the standard for dramatic dialogue, elevating English theatre from crude morality plays to sophisticated tragedy.
The play starts in the bright afternoon daylight, as there is no artificial lighting. There is no curtain to separate the audience from the actors. Suddenly, a trumpet sounds. An actor dressed in elaborate, colorful silks—far too grand for his social status—strides onto the , which projects right into the middle of the crowd.
Some notable playwrights and plays of the Elizabethan era include:
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