English Literature: The Elizabethan Period

Duration: 13 min

Year Published: 1958

Creator: Coronet Films

Color: Color

Credits: Douglas Bush

Description: Uses dramatized experiences to show the literary life of Elizabeth's England. Accompanies several Londoners as they journey to the Globe Theatre to witness scenes from Shakepeare's Henry the Fifth. Comments on the works of such other English writers as Richard Hakluyt, Michael Drayton, Sir Thomas More, Sir Philip Sidney, Sir Walter Raleigh and Francis Bacon. Explains the influence of the religious dramas on the Elizabethan writers, and relates the writing of the period to the social, economic and historical background of the time.

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