1st proper theater built in this year. It was called?
What is 1576. The Theater.
100
Who were the groundlings?
Theater goers who paid a penny to sit in the "pit"
200
Shakespeare's parents names
John and Mary
200
How many plays did he write? What type did he write the most?
37, comedies
200
What are the three characteristics of a sonnet?
14 lines
3 quatrains and rhyming couplet
iambic pentameter
200
Banned all theaters within the city limits of London in this year.
What is 1596
200
Describe the Globe Theater's design - three details
Round - The wooden "O"
Stage is 5 feet high
Open to the elements
thatch roof originally
located on the edge of River Thames
Brick foundation
300
Who did Shakespeare marry? How old was she?
Anne Hathaway, 26.
300
Name one of Shakespeare's plays - not Romeo and Juliet or A Midsummer Night's Dream
What is Hamlet, MacBeth, Julius Caesar, Henry VIII, etc.
300
Where did the sonnet come from?
Italy
300
Globe Theater burnt this year because of this.
What is 1613 because of cannon fire during a performance.
300
What was the purpose of the flag at the theater? What did the colors stand for?
Told the type of play - white - comedy, red- history, black - tragedy
400
How many children did they have? What were their names?
3 - Susanna, Hamnet, Judith
400
Why did Shakespeare use different forms of writing in his plays? What did they signify?
Sonnets - royalty
Prose and blank verse - working class
Signified differences in class between the characters, made it easier for the audience to distinquish
400
How were Shakespeare's sonnets named?
By number and listed by the first line of the sonnet.
400
Globe theater was shut down by this group in this year.
Who are the Puritans in 1642.
400
What were some reasons people didn't like the theater?
At least 2
Unclean, subject matter was "crude", took people away from work, criticized politicians
500
When did Shakespeare die? What is odd about his grave?
April 23, 1616. It has a warning to grave robbers.
500
Who called Shakespeare an "upstart crow"? Why?
Robert Greene, he was jealous and didn't think Shakespeare had any talent as a writer.
500
Recite a line of iambic pentameter that we learned in class.
What is But soft what light through yonder window breaks OR In fair Verona where we lay our scene.
500
This person was inspired to rebuild the New Globe Theater when he visited London in this year.
Who is Sam Wanamaker in 1949.
500
What were the "lost years"
Years after the birth of Shakespeare's children until he was an actor where there is no record of his life.