Marlowe or Shakespeare?
Wa a secret agent for the Queen?
Marlowe
this is the town in which shakespeare was born
What is Startford upon Avon?
there are 3 levels of these for seating in the Globe theater
What are the galleries?
The English Renaissance is also commonly called this after the monarch who reigned in England from 1558-1603.
What is the Elizabethan Period?
Married Anne Hathaway
Shakespeare
Shakespeare's father made these clothing items for a living
what are gloves?
People paid only a penny to stand and watch plays at the Globe in this area
What is the pit?
Henry the VII established this church in order to divorce his wife, which many see as the starting point for the secularization of English society.
What is the Anglican Church/Church of England?
the Globe Theater
Shakespeare
Shakespeare's son, who died of the plague at a young age.
Who is Hamnet?
People who stood in the area in front of the stage were called this
what are groundlings?
in 1558, England became a political and military power by defeating this country's armada
What is Spain?
Wrote Doctor Faustus
Marlowe
This is the structure that shakespeare wrote in. it uses smaller scenes to tell a larger story, and is now the most common mode for storytelling in the western world.
What is Episodic Form?
this is the "little house" on top of the stage at the Globe.
What is the hut?
this was the name given to playwrights from universities who continued to write plays professionally.
What is the University Wits?
attended Cambridge
Marlowe
This is the meter in which Shakespeare wrote
What is Iambic Pentameter?
this is the name of the curtained recess behind the stage
what is the study or the inner below
Playwrights of this era used dialogue to describe the scene because plays were produced on these--meaning few set pieces are used and the world of the play is created through dialogue.
What is Neutral Platform Stage?