# Elizabethan Theatre — WHE Definition Discussion

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Elizabethan theatre, sometimes called English Renaissance theatre, refers to that style of performance plays which blossomed during the reign of Elizabeth I of England (r. 1558-1603) and which continued under her Stuart successors. Elizabethan theatre witnessed the first professional actors who belonged to touring troupes and who performed plays of blank verse with entertaining non-religious themes.

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_This is a companion discussion topic for the original content at [https://www.worldhistory.org/Elizabethan\_Theatre/](https://www.worldhistory.org/Elizabethan_Theatre/)._

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