... at the performance continuum, I could easily break down the theatrical performance created here in "Shakespeare in Love" and also of the performance of "Romeo and Juliet". The movie setting was in , England in the mid to late sixteenth century and the performance of, "Romeo and Juliet", was first practiced at the theatre known as "The Rose", but was performed later at Bourbages, "The Curtain". The ... actors that took part in this play were all young to middle aged men, because at the time, women were not allowed to perform in any piece of theatre ... as the movie, can be considered co...

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... one in particular that is critically important; The Spanish Tragedy. Being his most noteworthy work, The Spanish Tragedy is responsible for the introduction of an abundance of game changing ideals such as "the iambic pentameter, the five act structure, the play within a play, causality, the Machiavellian villain ... single handedly opening new doors and paving uncharted roads in Elizabethan Theatre for other writers to follow in the years to come. It goes without being said that these concepts are all staples in the world of not only early modern English theatre, but theatre in itself. T...

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