Fun Facts
The gender that made up the cast of these plays
What is a man?
The most productive and talented playwrights in the Jacobean period.
Who is Thomas Middleton
"He knows not his own strength that has not met adversity."
Who is Ben Jonson?
"Screw your courage to the sticking place and we'll not fail."
What is Macbeth?
Referred to as the Middle Ages or the dark ages
What is the Medieval Era?
Inspired the Renaissance
What is Greek and Roman theatre
At the age of 29, was stabbed and killed.
Who is Christopher Marlowe?
"I'll trust myself, myself shall be my friend."
Who is Thomas Kyd?
"Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them."
What is Twelfth Night?
A famous, Italian writer and explorer of Asia during the Medieval and Renaissance times.
Who is Marco Polo?
Told the story and helped to identify the social status of the actor
What are costumes?
There is no evidence that he attended University before turning to literature.
Who is Thomas Kyd?
"Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none."
Who is Shakespeare?
"Tis time to die, when tis a shame to live."
What is the Changeling?
This caused the beginning of the Medieval period
What is the Fall of the Roman Empire?
The group of people that kept it alive
What are traveling performers?
Buried in an upright position so he would fit in the requested space.
Who is Ben Jonson?
"Make me immortal with a kiss."
Who is Christopher Marlowe?
"I hold the fates bound fast in iron chains. And with my hand turn fortune's wheel about."
What is Tamburlaine?
The King of England from 1189 to 1199.
Who is King Richard I (Lionheart)?
The driving force behind every inspiration
What is the church?
Married an older woman who was 3 months pregnant at the time.
Who is William Shakespear?
"If he were not as he is, he would be better than himself."
Who is Thomas Middleton?
"'Tis woman more than man, man more than woman and which to none can hap, The sun gives her two shadows to one shape; nay, more, let this strange thing walk, stand, or sit, no blazing star draws more eyes after it."
What is The Roaring Girl?
A famous artist during the Renaissance period who did not go to school.
Who is Leonardo Da Vinci?