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100

The number of extant published versions of 'Hamlet'

What is 3?

100

The heroic English warrior captured and executed by the French in 1 Henry VI

Who is Talbot?


100

'By gar, he is de coward Jack priest of de vorld; he is not show his face.'

Who is Dr Caius?

100

'Romeo and Juliet' is set here.

What is Verona?


100

'Beneath his restless exterior, he hides genuine admiration for his uncertain lover and unmistakable fear for the murky waters he has waded into.'

What is 'Born With Teeth'?

200

The order of composition of the following plays is:Hamlet, The Merry Wives of Windsor, 1 Henry VI, 2 Henry VI, Born With Teeth, Troilus and Cressida

What is:

2 Henry VI
1 Henry VI
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Hamlet
Troilus and Cressida
Born With Teeth


200

The plucking of red and white roses takes place here

What is Temple Garden?


200

'Agamemnon is a fool to offer to command Achilles; Achilles is a fool to be commanded of Agamemnon; Thersites is a fool to serve such a fool, and Patroclus is a fool positive.'

Who is Thersites?

200

Shakespeare play with fairies, lovers, and a play-within-a-play

What is 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'?


200

'Much like a pint of bitter, this is an acquired taste which may not work for everybody.'

What is 'Sh!t-Faced Shakespeare: Hamlet'?

300

The epic Greek poem and medieval romance 'Troilus and Cressida' is based on

What are:

Homer's 'The Iliad'
Chaucer’s 'Troilus and Criseyde'?

 

300

The title 'Born with Teeth'' is taken from '3 Henry VI' and refers to this character

Who is Richard III?


300

'The regent conquers, and the Frenchmen fly.
Now help, ye charming spells and periapts;
And ye choice spirits that admonish me
And give me signs of future accidents.'

Who is Joan La Pucelle?

300

The character who is famously jealous and manipulative in Othello

Who is Iago?


300

'it’s a production that never wants you to get too invested in the story’s pretence, and this can be jarring.'

What is 'Troilus and Cressida'?


400

Queen Elizabeth I's spymaster

Who was Francis Walsingham?


400

Falstaff dresses as this mythical character in the final act of 'The Merry Wives of Windsor'

Who is Herne The Hunter?

400

'Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice; Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not express'd in fancy; rich, not gaudy; For the apparel oft proclaims the man'

Who is Polonius?

400

Number of lines in a Shakespeare sonnet

What is 14?


400

'The cast bring out what is most Shakespearean about this potboiler frivolity'

What is 'The Merry Wives of Windsor'?

500

The playwright who claimed after interrogation that the 'vile heretical conceits' found in his apartment were 'belonging to one Christopher Marlowe'

Who is Thomas Kyd?


500

Hamlet stages this play to 'catch the conscience of the king'. It has 2 names. Provide both.

What is:

The Murder of Gonzago

The Mousetrap

500

'What, have I scaped love-letters in the holiday- time of my beauty, and am I now a subject for them?'

Who is Mistress Page?

500

David Harewood is appearing in a West End production of this play

What is 'Othello'?

500

'It bursts with ideas and invention, perhaps too much so.'

What is 'Troilus and Cressida'?

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