Costumes
Shakespeare costumes indicated these things about a character.
What is social position, age, location, or era?
These were not a common fixture in Shakespeare's day as they are in today's modern plays.
What is a painted or fixed backdrop?
It was illegal for these people to act during Shakespeare's time period.
What is women?
Hamlet is set in this country.
Where is Denmark?
Shakespeare married his wife when she was this number of months pregnant.
What is 3 months?
These fabrics were used to indicate high society characters.
What are fur, velvet, silk, and lace?
These unique stage entrances were used in aid of special effects.
What is prepubescent boys whose voice had not dropped?
This relation of Hamlet was killed before the beginning of the play.
Who Hamlet's father?
Shakespeare's father made these garments for a living.
What are gloves?
For less important roles and non-historic plays, actors wore this.
What is their own clothing?
These gruesome props were use for more violent scenes in Shakespeare's plays.
What is animal blood and animal bones?
This actor was the first to play the roles of Hamlet, King Lear, Othello, and Macbeth.
Who is Richard Burbage?
The current king at the beginning of the play, Hamlet, has just married Hamlet's mother.
This actor will play Macbeth in an upcoming theatrical release.
Who is Denzel Washington?
These people would donate expensive clothing to the theater because they were not allowed to wear it.
What is servants that were given a rich person's clothes in a will?
These types of Shakespearean characters sang most often in plays.
What is fools or comedic characters?
This actor often played the fools in plays or more comedic roles.
Who is William Kempe?
This character loves Hamlet romantically.
Who is Ophelia?
This reason shut down theaters during Shakespeare's time and caused him to focus on writing these instead of plays.
What is the theaters were shut down due to plague and he focused on writing sonnets during this time?
This was added to stage makeup for a shimmering effect.
What is crushed pearls or silver?
When plays were performed at the Globe Theater, these two instruments would be used for musical accompaniment. They barely had anything for music due to funds being sparse.
A trumpeter and a wind player of some sorts.
Who is Henry Condell?
This modern adaption of Hamlet features African savanna animals.
What is The Lion King?
This planet has moons orbiting that are named after Shakespeare characters.
What is Uranus?