Straight Outta Stratford-Upon-Avon - Shakespeare's Early Days: Crash Course Theater #14
This is the story of how a young Englishman named William Shakespeare stormed London's theater scene in the late 16th century, and wrote a bunch of plays ...
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Hey there, I’m Mike Rugnetta, this is Crash Course Theater and remember that guy we said we weren’t going to talk about in the last episode? Well, we’re gonna talk about him for a while now. I mean, of course, Yorick’s pal Shakespeare. And yes, Shakespeare actually wrote all of Shakespeare’s plays, though sometimes he had help. But hey, you don’t become the presiding genius of English theatre without some assistance Today, we’ll cover Shakespeare’s biography, look at playwriting in Elizabethan England, and take on a genre our boy Bill helped invent: the history play. So once more into the breach! Who’s with me? Typical! INTRO So, who is this Shakespeare guy, anyway? We first hear of him on April 26th… or 23rd… or even a little earlier… in 1564, when he’s baptize...
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Hey there, I’m Mike Rugnetta, this is Crash Course Theater and remember that guy we said we weren’t going to talk about in the last episode? Well, we’re gonna talk about him for a while now. I mean, of course, Yorick’s pal Shakespeare. And yes, Shakespeare actually wrote all of Shakespeare’s plays, though sometimes he had help. But hey, you don’t become the presiding genius of English theatre without some assistance Today, we’ll cover Shakespeare’s biography, look at playwriting in Elizabethan England, and take on a genre our boy Bill helped invent: the history play. So once more into the breach! Who’s with me? Typical! INTRO So, who is this Shakespeare guy, anyway? We first hear of him on April 26th… or 23rd… or even a little earlier… in 1564, when he’s baptize...
