GLOBE THEATRE
Have No Fear, Learn Shakespeare!
The Elizabethan Way
100
Define what #5 on this image IS?
What is the trap door?
100
Name one play that Shakespeare has created.
SOME IDEAS: Midsummer Nights Dream, Romeo & Juliet, Twelfth Night, Hamlet, King Lear, etc.
100
WHO played the female characters in the Elizabethan era?
YOUNG MEN (BOYS)
200
THIS is something at the top of the Globe Theater that signifies which type of play is being performed. (Black- Tragedy; White- Comedy; Red- History)
What is a flag/flags?
200
Describe one fun fact about Shakespeare himself.
IDEAS: Married a 16-year-old at 18; born & died on the same day; wrote 38 plays; 3rd of 8 children; etc.
200
Match the Shakespearean quote with the correct modern-day sentence: “The course of true love never did run smooth.”
a. Love is the best.
b. Love is patient, and it is kind.
c. If you love them, set them free.
d. Love sucks & is unpredictable.
d. Love sucks & is unpredictable.
300
THESE PEOPLE are where they go in the open yard and audiences paid a penny to stand and watch the performance rain or shine. (HINT: They are in the ground)
Who are the groundlings?
300
Describe ANOTHER fun fact about Shakespeare himself.
IDEAS: Married a 16-year-old at 18; born & died on the same day; wrote 38 plays; 3rd of 8 children; etc.
300
Due to the lack of literacy and copyright laws, only ______ of Shakespeare’s plays were published during his lifetime. (PERCENTAGE)
What is 50%?
400
This part of the stage is defined as WHAT?
What is the inner stage?
400
Shakespeare created over 1,700 of our common words and cliche phrases. Write ONE word or phrase that he created.
ANYTHING YOU DO!
400
What was the audience like during performances?
VERY loud; if they didn't like a performance they would heckle and throw things at the actors; used to have open buckets for toilets & space for food and drink.
500
_________ are three covered seating sections where audiences paid more for higher tiers and could even sit on cushions as patrons.
What are the galleries?
500
Name TWO (2) reasons why we study Shakespeare in modern-day. (I'M LOOKING FOR 2 SPECIFIC REASONS WHY THAT I HAVE ON HERE)
IDEAS: His ability to show the human experience, great stories, compelling characters, ability to create/develop new language.
500
Decipher the meaning of this statement: "To be or not to be: that is the question."
Is it better to live or to die- that's a big thing I must contemplate.