Popular entertainment - WJEC Life was difficult for the majority of people during the Elizabethan Age. Popular entertainment was therefore an important way for them to escapes life’s hardships.

The Elizabethan era in the 16th century was one of adventure, intrigue, personalities, plots and power struggles. At the centre was Queen Elizabeth I, ‘The Virgin Queen’ and the latter part of ...

When so much has been saved at such peril, the Elizabethan Age can and should begin confidently. It is not necessarily a loss that hopes are set less high than they were under Britain's last queen ...

The Elizabethan Age was characterized by a flourishing of literary works, of drama, sonnets and song as the court of the Queen attracted poets, actors and musicians from all over the country.