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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

It's very interesting to think of the influence that the theaters used by his company during Shakespeare's career may have had on his writing. Apparently, the reconstructed Globe in London gives a unique sense of what it would have been like to attend an Elizabethan era play: one big difference, according to those who've been, is the visibility of the other members of the audience. This brings me back to a point I tried to make in a recent post about how much Shakespeare must have learned from his audiences. And it's interesting to consider that his plays did become more experimental when the company moved to the Blackfriars (and its picture or proscenium stage, rather than the thrust-stages of the earlier ones) in later years. By the way, if you haven't visited the Globe's website, here's the link: http://www.shakespeares-globe.org/.

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