Theatre History
What English monarch's reign defined the Elizabethan era of theatre?
Who is Queen Elizabeth I?
This object does Hamlet speak to in the graveyard scene.
What is Yorick’s skull? (skull is acceptable too)
"To be, or not to be.."
Who is Hamlet?
Who tells Hamlet that Claudius murdered his father?
Who is the Ghost?
What Disney movie is loosely inspired by Hamlet?
What is The Lion King?
What is the name of Shakespeares primary theatre in London?
What is the Globe Theatre?
These two friends are sent to spy on Hamlet.
Who are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
"Get Thee to a nunnery!"
Who is Hamlet?
Why does Hamlet stage The Mousetrap?
What is to confirm Claudius’s guilt?
What year was Shakespeare born? (± 1 year accepted)
What is 1564?
What term refers to the rowdy, standing audience members in the pit at Shakespeare's plays?
Who are the groundlings?
This is the country where Hamlet is set.
What is Denmark?
"The lady doth protest too much, methinks."
Who is Queen Gertrude?
How does Polonius die?
What is Hamlet stabs him behind a curtain?
What Shakespeare play features a character who dresses as the opposite gender? (multiple answers)
What is Twelfth Night, As You Like It, Merchant of Venice, Two Gentleman of Verona, Taming of the Shrew, etc.?
What style of verse is most commonly used in Hamlet and other Shakespearean plays?
What is iambic pentameter?
What poison method is used by Claudius in the duel?
What is poison on the sword tip and in the wine?
"Something is rotten in the state of Denmark."
Who is Marcellus?
What happens in the final scene of the play?
What is a duel where Gertrude, Claudius, Laertes, and Hamlet all die?
How many of Shakespeare’s original manuscripts survive today?
What is zero? (That we know of)
What classical playwright heavily influenced Shakespeare’s structure for revenge tragedies?
Who is Seneca?
What is the name of the play-within-the-play Hamlet uses to catch Claudius?
What is The Mousetrap?
"There's a divinity that shapes our ends, rough-hew them how we will."
Who is Hamlet?
Who convinces Claudius to hide Polonius's murder from the public?
Who is no one; Claudius decides for himself?
What planet did Shakespeare inspire the naming of nearly all the moons of?
What is Uranus?