Media Timeline: Early Modern
This timeline documents all real world entities attested in the Scream Roleplay Universe, focusing on the Early Modern Period, which spans the late 15th through the end of the 18th century.
By its very definition, this is an index of information you do not really need, but may be fun to know regardless. Like the other timelines in this category, you will find extensive footnotes describing how these people, objects, and creative works factor into the ongoing story.
Leonardo da Vinci is born
Leonardo da Vinci, painter, engineer, scientist, sculptor, and architect, is born in Vinci, Republic of Florence.
Leonardo da Vinci dies
Leonardo da Vinci, painter, engineer, scientist, sculptor, and architect, dies, aged 67, in Amboise, Kingdom of France.3
Henry VIII dies
Henry VIII, King of England, dies from obesity related complications, aged 55, in Westminster, England.4
William Shakespeare is born
William Shakespeare, playwright, poet, and actor, is born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England.
Romeo and Juliet
Tragic play, writ. William Shakespeare (32), adapted from the narrative poem The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet, published 1562.6 7 8
The King James Bible
Early Modern English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England, commissioned by King James VI and I.24
William Shakespeare dies
William Shakespeare, playwright, poet, and actor, dies, aged 52, in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England.
Lothario
Archetypal seducer of women first appears in The Fair Penitent, stageplay writ. Nicholas Rowe; adapted from The Fatal Dowry, stageplay writ. Philip Massinger and Nathan Field.27
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart dies
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer, dies of fever, aged 35, in Vienna, Austria.31
The United States Bill of Rights
The first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution are ratified in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.32 33 34
- Vol. II- Chapter 4: Noah is disgusted at the thought of Stavo using the comatose Jake as a “Venutian man”. Audrey correct him, noting “Venutians” are aliens. ↩︎
- Vol. III- Chapter 3: Micah regards Tracy cradling Terrance’s body as “a perverted Gen Z Pietà”. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 5: Brooke asks Stavo how he knows so much about dead bodies. Stavo points out da Vinci used to sit in on autopsies to study. ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 8: Speaking of Quinn, Eliza bemoans the loss of ”the integrity of our elected officials.” Brooke agrees, wondering ”whatever happened to honest leaders like Hitler and Henry VIII?” ↩︎
- Vol. III- Chapter 1: Micah and Leslie are cast as Titus and Lavinia in the Drama Society’s Fall 2016 production of this play. Terrance catches Micah rehearsing one of Titus’s monologues, remarking Micah makes even “Shakespeare sound gay”. Micah notes that isn’t as hard as he’d think. ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 1/Season 1 AU: The play is on the lesson plan for Branson’s English class the day after Stacy and Brock are murdered. He ill-advisedly tries to compare the two pairs of dead young lovers. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 4: Tripping on Ayahuasca (and happening to feature in Micah’s Shakespeare-inspired dream), Stavo informs Brooke: “In layman’s terms, Juliet: we’ve been poisoned”. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 7: Micah calls Stavo and Zio’s ill-fated suicide pact “gothic”. Stavo thought that, given Micah’s theater experience, he’d have called it “Shakespearian” instead, indirectly invoking this play’s ‘star-crossed lovers’. ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 8: Noah quotes Caesar to Brooke: “Yon Noah has a lean and hungry look.” ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 8: Exasperated by Tracy’s complaints about Bridget, Terrance says the rhetorical horses she’s beating to death are crying out “E tu, Tracy?”, paraphrasing Brutus. ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 4: Riley reminds Noah that women couldn’t act on stage in Shakespeare’s time, so female roles were played by men. Noah knows because Branson wants him to play Gertrude when they get to Hamlet in class. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 1/Season 2 AU: Micah is cast as the title character in the school’s production of the play. In his first scene, he rehearses the “inky cloak” dialogue from Act 1, Scene 2. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 1/Season 2 AU: Phyllis warns Micah not to smoke too much, describing her advice as a “cautionary tale”, like the play he’s rehearsing for. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 2: Stavo greets Micah with “Yo, Hamlet!” ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 4: Audrey wonders what Noah thinks Stavo will do about his public accusations if he really is the killer. Noah quotes Hamlet: “There’s the rub!” Audrey is unamused. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 4: Determined to prove to Stavo that he is a good actor, Micah interrupts their modeling session to recite a Hamlet monologue. Stavo jokingly wonders if he’ll be doing “to be or not to be”, but Micah instead performs Act III Scene 2, in which Hamlet prepares himself to confront his mother. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 4: Brooke, reeling from the discovery that Jake had been cheating on her with Bridget, insists he was always telling her he loved her. Tracy wryly suggests he was “protesting too much”, paraphrasing Gertrude. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 7: Micah quotes a night watchman from the first scene, “Stand and unfold yourself”, as a code phrase when Stavo seeks refuge from his father at Phyllis’s office. Stavo doesn’t play along, quipping Micah must expect him to undress. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 9: Phyllis walks in on Micah rehearsing the soliloquy where Hamlet contemplates killing Claudius while he prays. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 9: Micah rehearses the “Alas! Poor Yorick” monologue in the bathroom during the gala. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 9: Micah performs the “My thoughts be bloody or be nothing worth!” soliloquy at the gala. ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 9: The poem Lorraine and Richard discover in Branson’s desk is a song from this play. ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 9: Brooke ponders going to the Halloween party as Cleopatra and suggests Jake and Zach each portray half of the play’s male lead. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 6: Noah solemnly swears not to let Jamie hang for Haley’s murder. Audrey jokingly wonders if he’d like a King James Bible to swear on, but Noah would prefer Tolkien’s Legendarium. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 4: An angry Eli tells Kieran he and his mother haven’t exactly been living in the Taj Mahal since he’s been in Lakewood. ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 6: Noah cites Hobbes when Brooke bitterly declares people are selfish and only in it for themselves. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 6: Terrance tells Brooke he isn’t a “stalkery Lothario” and, in fact, enjoys spending time with her. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 3: Ms. Atler tunes out her study hall monitoring duties by listening to Bach’s cello suites through her earbuds. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 9: The string quartet at Quinn’s gala plays from Haydn’s quartet compositions. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 4: Seth recites a stanza from this poem when he sneaks up behind her at Bridget’s house. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 4: Zach is unable to identify the piano piece Tracy is playing, but decides it’s “vaguely old-timey, if not Mozarty.” ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 6: Eliza reminds Emma that she has a right to report the news, citing “this thing called the Bill of Rights”. ↩︎
- Vol. I- Chapter 8: Eliza tells Lorraine her First Amendment rights entitle her to an update on Gemma. Lorraine dryly quips her Magna Carta rights should as well. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 4: Noah tells Audrey he loves “the First Amendment as much as the next guy”, but thinks “freedom of expression stops when the people you’re expressing freedom on turn up dead”. ↩︎
- Vol. II- Chapter 5: After being kicked out of Calypso’s, Tina spent the rest of the night loitering at McDonald’s, washing down McNuggets with Jim Beam. ↩︎