Τρίτη 20 Ιουνίου 2017
Πέμπτη 15 Ιουνίου 2017
Σάββατο 10 Ιουνίου 2017
Theatre in the Elizabethan Era
The Elizabethan Era
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The
English Elizabethan Era is one of the
most fascinating periods in the History of England. The Elizabethan Era is named after the greatest Queen of England- Queen Elizabeth I. The Elizabethan Era is
not only famous for the Virgin Queen but also for the era itself – Great Explorers,
such as Sir Francis Drake and Walter Raleigh. Queen Elizabeth recognized the importance
of the arts to the life and legacy of her nation. She was fond of the theatre,
and many of England's greatest playwrights were active during her reign, including
Christopher Marlowe, Ben Johnson, and William Shakespeare.
The Elizabethan
Theatre
The theatre as a public amusement was an innovation in the social life
of the Elizabethans, and it immediately took the general fancy. During the first years of
Elizabeth’s reign, the English playing companies used inns, inn yards, college
halls and private houses for their performances. It was not until 1576 that the
actor-manager James Burbage built the Theatre in Shoreditch, the first
purpose-built playhouse in London. So London's first theater was built when Shakespeare was about twelve years old; and the whole system of the Elizabethan theatrical world came into
being during his lifetime. The great popularity of plays of all sorts led to
the building of playhouses both public and private, to the organization of
innumerable companies of players both amateur and professional, and to countless difficulties connected with the authorship and licensing of plays.
Elizabethan Theatrical Costumes
The Elizabethan theatre costumes were colourful, vibrant and eye
catching. Almost every color of clothing had its own meaning and conveyed an
enormous amount of information during the Elizabethan era and this meaning was
totally understood by the audience. The types of materials and fabrics had a
great effect too. Costumes were expensive, so usually players wore contemporary
clothing regardless of the time period of the play.
The Elizabethan women’s clothing was very elaborate and was structed
with many layers of clothing. On the other hand, the men’s costume at the
Elizabethan theatre was a shirt, stockings, britches, doublet which was a well
fitted coat, sleeves separate, same stiff high collar and an overcoat. Also, a
cape and hat.
Elizabethan Performances/Actors/Playwrights
Women never performed in plays, so young boys played female characters. They had to use wigs. The performances took place in the afternoon because it was too dark at night. There was no stage crew as there is today. Actors had to do everything themselves - from making costumes to setting the stage. Plays were organized by acting companies. They performed about 6 different plays each week because they needed money to survive. They had almost no time for rehearsals.
The growing population of London, the growing wealth of its people, and
their fondness for spectacle produced a dramatic literature of remarkable
variety, quality, and extent. Although most of the plays written for the
Elizabethan stage have been lost, over 600 remain. The men who wrote these plays were primarily self-made men from modest backgrounds. Some of them were
educated at either Oxford or Cambridge, but many were not. Although William
Shakespeare and Ben Johnson were actors, the majority do not seem to have been formers, and no major author who came on to the scene after 1600 is known to
have supplemented his income by acting.
The Globe
Shakespeare
joined the resident troupe at the Theatre in the 1580s and the company (later
known as the Chamberlain’s and then the King’s Men) flourished there for 20
years.
In 1596 a dispute arose over the renewal of the lease
and negotiations were begun to acquire a disused hall in the precincts of the
old Blackfriars priory to use as an indoor theatre. James Burbage died in
February 1597; in April the lease expired, but the dispute continued for two
years, during which time the company performed at the nearby Curtain playhouse.
In Christmas 1598 the company sought a drastic solution: they leased a plot
near the Rose, a rival theatre in Southwark, demolished the Theatre and carried
its timbers over the river. To cover the cost of the new playhouse, James Burbage’s
sons Cuthbert and Richard, offered some members of the company shares in the
building. Shakespeare was one of four actors who bought a share in the Globe.
By early 1599 the theatre was up and running and for 14 years it thrived,
presenting many of Shakespeare’s greatest plays.
In 1613, during a
performance of Henry VIII, wadding from a stage cannon ignited the
thatched roof and the theatre burned to the ground ‘all in less than two hours,
the people having enough to do to save themselves’. The theatre was quickly
rebuilt, this time with a tiled roof. Shakespeare may have acted in the second
Globe, but he probably never wrote for it. It remained the home for
Shakespeare’s old company until the closure of all the theatres under England’s
Puritan administration in 1642. No longer of use, it was demolished to make
room for tenements in 1644.
Παρασκευή 9 Ιουνίου 2017
Κυριακή 4 Ιουνίου 2017
Πέμπτη 1 Ιουνίου 2017
Τετάρτη 31 Μαΐου 2017
What a wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
I see them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself what a wonderful world.
I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night
And I think to myself what a wonderful world.
The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do
But they're really saying I love you.
I hear babies cry, and I watched them grow
They'll learn much more than I'll ever know
And I think to myself what a wonderful world.
Yes, I think to myself what a wonderful world.
Κυριακή 28 Μαΐου 2017
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Σάββατο 27 Μαΐου 2017
Τετάρτη 24 Μαΐου 2017
Στο 2ο ΕΠΑΛ Αγρινίου Διαβά…Ζουμε!!!
Στο 2ο ΕΠΑΛ Αγρινίου Διαβά…Ζουμε!!!

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Με αυτό το βιβλίο-διακήρυξη ανθρωπιάς και συμπόνιας απέναντι στο μίσος και το ρατσισμό επέλεξε η ομάδα Φιλαναγνωσίας του σχολείου μας να ανοίξει τον κύκλο των παρουσιάσεων των επιλεγμένων γι' αυτή τη χρονιά βιβλίων. Με την καθοδήγηση και τη συμπαράσταση των καθηγητριών Ζέικου Αικατερίνης. Μιχοπούλου Παναγιώτας και Παππά Αγγελικής οι μαθητές της «Ομάδας Φιλαναγνωσίας» του 2ου ΕΠΑΛ Αγρινίου ξεκίνησαν τα ταξίδια του μυαλού και της καρδιάς και όσοι πιστοί (των βιβλιο-ταξιδιών) … προσέλθετε!
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