Date of Award

Spring 1976

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

English

Program/Concentration

English

Committee Director

Ernest L. Rhodes

Committee Member

Leland D. Peterson

Committee Member

Roy E. Aycook

Call Number for Print

Special Collections; LD4331.E64C73

Abstract

Scholars of the English Renaissance generally agree that the various elements of the London public theatres evolved from traditions of medieval stagecraft. It is commonly thought that there was no regular basis of design in the London playhouses and that the theatres were thereby uniquely English in construction. Recent research, however, suggests an alternate theory of the origin and development of the Elizabethan stage: that at least two prominent playhouses, the Globe and the Fortune, were essentially classical, displaying elements of design outlined by the Roman architect and writer, Vitruvius. A reconstruction of the Fortune presented in this study illustrates numerous similarities between that theatre and a Roman prototype, confirming the presence of Vitruvian influence, and hence a deliberate design, in a major Elizabethan playhouse.

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DOI

10.25777/ms0y-5x64

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