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Last of the Tudor Dynasty, Queen Elizabeth ascended to the throne upon the
death of her brother Edward VI, who was a pale and sickly youth. Although she
took power amidst a storm of controversy, including that fact that her father,
Henry VIII, had declared her a bastard, Queen Elizabeth's reign was extremely
successful. In fact, she was an icon for her age, depicted in both word and
image. Under her rule, Protestant England successfully deflected the invasion
of the Spanish Armada, began its colonization of North America, and prospered
in trade. Various scientific advances were made by men such as Francis Bacon
and Doctor Dee, while Sir Francis Drake successfully circumnavigated the
globe. Literature produced during this period includes the verse of Sir Philip
Sidney, Edmund Spenser's allegorical "The Faerie Queene," as well as much prose.

This too, of course, was the age of Shakespeare. Although he was certainly
not the only dramatist of this period (Christopher Marlowe was also very
prominent), he is the one best remembered by later ages, both for his plays
and sonnets.

Shortly before 1600, he and several other players formed "The
Chamberlain's Men," a company based at the Globe Theatre. Members received
a share of the profits dependent on the money which they had originally invested
into the corporation. Originally located north of the London city walls, the
Globe was moved across the river when the lease on its original site ran out.

Along with the rest of Southwarke, it prospered until the Roundheads shut down
all of the English theatres after the Civil War some thirty years hence.

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