W.S. Quiz
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- a comment made by a character to the audience that reveals his or her inner thoughts and is not supposed to be heard by the other characters on stage
- What is aside?
- Globe
- What theater was William Shakespeare part owner of?
- in latin
- In what language did Elizabethan grammer schools teach?
- Hamnet
- What was the name of William Shakespeare's son?
- a trait that will eventually bring about a characters downfall
- What is a tragic flaw?
- Elizabethan
- What perios spanned over most of William Shakespeare's life?
- Stratford
- What was William Shakespeare's hometown?
- a lighthearted play that ends happily
- What is a comedy?
- circular
- The Globe theater had so many sides it appeared to be what?
- a brief drama within a play that reflects on the larger play
- What is a play within a play?
- avoided political entanglements
- What did Elizabeth accomplish by remaining single?
- a play set in the past, usually about royalty and the struggle for power
- What is a history play?
- stratford grammer school
- Where did William Shakespeare attend school?
- a speech made by a single character on stage who reveals his thoughts to audience
- What is a soliloquy?
- of plague
- What did Hamnet die of?
- James Burbage
- Who built the first successful public theater?
- Stratford-upon-avon in England
- Where was William Shakespeare born?
- the doctrine of passive obedience
- What did Elizabeth insist her subjects follow?
- a history play
- What kind of play did a red flag indicate?
- produce plays in english
- What did Elizabeth make it acceptable to do?
- a well-to-do farmer
- What was Anne Hathaway's dad?
- a cannon went off in the first performance of Henry VII and it cought on fire
- What happened to the Globe theater in 1613?
- a tragedy
- What kind of play did a black flag indicate?
- tragedies
- What kind of plays were Hamlet and Macbeth?
- the divine rights of kings
- What did Elizabeth believe in?
- a humerous scene or incident that appears in a serious play to relieve emotional intensity
- What is comic relief?
- April 23 1564
- When was William Shakespeare born?
- sonnet
- What kind of poems did William Shakespeare write?
- the Spanish Armada
- In 1588 England became a world power with the defeat of who?
- Lord Chamberlains men
- What was the name of the theater company William Shakespeare first worked for?
- 1576
- When was the first successful theater built?
- by encouraging and patronizing the arts
- How did Elizabeth spur a cultural awakening?
- asserts that God gives a monarch the right to rule
- What is the divine right of kings?
- Anne Hathaway
- Who did William Shakespeare marry?
- James
- What king ruled after the death of Elizabeth 1?
- since God had appointed the monarch, any act of rebellion was an act of disobedience against God's will
- What did the doctrine of passive obedience stat?
- Kings men
- What did William Shakespeare's acting company become known as after the death of Queen Elizabeth?
- 1582
- In what year did William Shakespeare get married?
- a serious play with a disastrous ending
- What is a tragedy?
- Globe
- Wood from The Theatre wasused to build what theater?
- a comedy
- What kind of play did a white flag indicate?