Renaissance Theater

Improvised, quick-witted performance by wandering players:

Many of Shakespeare's plays, such as “Romeo and Juliet,” are still studied and performed all over the world today

Masks were worn to portray a regular cast of characters and lines were made up as they went along. 

The most famous playwright and poet:

An arch that frames and divides the stage from the audience and the art of painting cloths as backdrops for scenery.

n England, Queen Elizabeth I strongly disagreed with theater during this time.