Introduction+to+Drama

The Globe Theatre During the reign of [|Elizabeth I] in the late 16th and early 17th century, a London-centred culture that was both [|courtly] and popular produced great poetry and drama. Perhaps the most famous [|playwright] in the world, [|William Shakespeare] from [|Stratford-upon-Avon], wrote plays that are still performed in theatres across the world to this day. He was himself an actor and deeply involved in the running of the theatre company that performed his plays