Elizabethan Age
She was the reigning monarch during the Elizabethan Age.
Who was Queen Elizabeth I?
Thou doth speaketh in modern English?
What is you do speak.
This is how the theatre was shaped.
What is circular? A covered stage with audience in the round in a covered ring. An open yard allowed groundlings to watch for very cheap.
'Tis 'tis in modern English.
What is it is?
This is where Shakespeare was born in 1564.
What is Stratford-upon-Avon?
The Rebirth of Reason brought many of these advancements by astronomers, navigators, religious thinkers, artists, writers. Name at least ONE advancement.
Cartography, astronomy, exploration, painting and sculpture, theatre, publishing, etc. (p.366 in textbook)
This means you (singular) in Elizabethan English?
What is thou?
The thatched roof of the theater was made of this.
What are layers of reeds or straw?
This means "in trouble" from The Tempest.
What is in a pickle?
Besides plays, Shakespeare produced this form of writing.
What is poetry (or sonnets)?
People of all class levels poured in to see theatre during this time of day. It was harder to have a spotlight back then!
What is daytime?
This suffix makes a verb 3rd person singular.
What is the ending -eth?
Shakespeare's acting company
Who are The King's Men?
This means love that is doomed, or ill-fated, in Romeo and Juliet.
What are star-crossed lovers?
What are words?
Political and religious were types of this that Queen Elizabeth I brought. She soothed foreign relations, eased religious tensions, and allowed culture to flourish.
What are types of stability that Queen Elizabeth I brought to England?
Pronounce either ne'er or e'er according to the pronunciation guide in the packet.
What is ne'er (like nair) or e'er (like air)?
This is where groundlings stood to see the play. These seats were the closest but lowest and exposed to the elements with no roof coverage.
What is the pit (or yard)?
From Antony and Cleopatra, this means "green, naïve, or youth," often used (by Mac Demarco) to refer to younger, foolish years.
What is salad days?
Shakespeare wrote histories, Roman plays, comedies, romances, and these sad tales.
What are tragedies?
FINAL JEOPARDY: This pronoun is a plural of you, something rare in Modern English.
What is ye?