The English Renaissance is a time of change and discovery. Among the greatest challenges that the newly shaping nation has to rise to, is the close contact with foreign places and peoples. The imported images of strangers, together with the foreigners living in London, do not only influence English historical realities, but also occupy the thoughts of the English. These versions and visions of strangers quickly find their way into one of the most important institutions of the early modern period - the theatres. Skryť popis