Classic to Modern English Literature

All My Sons is a three-act play written in 1946 by Arthur Miller . It opened on Broadway at the Coronet Theatre in New York city on January 29, 1947, closed on November 8, 1947 , and ran for 328 performances. The play was directed by Elia Kazan (to whom it is dedicated), produced by Elia Kazan and Harold Clurman , and won the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award.  Kazan and Harold Clurman, and won the New York Drama Critics ’ Circle Award. It starred Ed Begley, Beth Merrill, Arthur Kennedy, and Karl Malden and won both the Tony Award for Best Author and the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play. The play was adapted for films in 1948 and 1987 . It was premiered in Coronet Theatre [ The Eugene O’Neill Theatre , previously the Forrest Theatre and the Coronet Theatre , is a Broadway theater at 230 West 49 th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City ]. New York City , January 29, 1947 . It was set at The Kellers ’ yard in late August 19

Elizabethan to Jacobean Drama ★ Elizabethan to Jacobean Drama ↓↓↓ Introduction of Elizabethan Age The name of the Elizabethan age was derived from the Tudor Monarch of England, Queen Elizabeth I, whose reign lasted from 1558 to 1603. During this age, several important dramatists emerged, including William Shakespeare ("Hamlet"), Christopher Marlowe ("Doctor Faustus"), Ben Jonson ("Volpone"), Thomas Kyd ("The Spanish Tragedy"), and John Webster ("The Duchess of Malfi"). This period is renowned for significant accomplishments such as those by Sir Francis Drake. Francis Drake Sir Francis Drake (circa 1540–1596) was an English explorer, sea captain, and privateer. He is best known for his circumnavigation of the globe between 1577 and 1580, making him the second person to complete this journey, after Ferdinand Magellan. Drake