William Shakespeare 2
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When was he born?
When did he die? -
Born: April 23, 1564
Died: April 23, 1616 - Where was he born?
- Stratford on Avon, England.
- Who were his parents?
- John Shakespeare and Mary Arden
- How many children did he have with Anne Hathaway?
- Three
- What kind of education did he recieve?
- He only had a grammar school education- no high school or university.
- Who are Lord Chamberlain's Men?
- Shakespeare was one of them; it was an acting guild.
- How many plays and sonnets has he written?
- 38
- Name his three jobs involving plays.
- Writer, actor, director
- Name the 5 acts of a tragedy in order.
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1. Introduction
2. Rising Action
3. Climax
4. Falling Action
5. Catastrophe - How did Shakespeare write his plays?
- In iambic pentameter (blank verse) - with no rhyme.
- When and where did people speak Elizabethan?
- In the Renaissance, in England.
- Who was James Burbage?
- The carpenter/actor who made the first permanent theater in Europe- called The Theater. People sat on hay stacks in a circle.
- Name the 5 levels of The Wooden O.
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1. Trap Door
2. Main Stage
3. Balcony
4. Pulleys
5. Loft for musicians - What was the First Folio?
- The group of actors who published Shakespears works 7 years after he had died.
- Name the three P's that worked against Shakespeare.
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Plague
Politics
Puritans - Who is Christopher Marlowe?
- The author of Dr. Faustus who died at 29 in a barroom brawl.
- Who was Ben Johnson?
- The author who hated Shakespeare, but ultimately wrote that his writings would last for eternity.
- Who was John Wannamaker?
- The philanthropist who rebuilt the Globe Theater.
- How many times did the Globe Theater burn down?
- Twice.