The Bard’s Life
Shakespeare was born and lived most of his life in this English town.
What is Stratford-Upon-Avon?
The three genres of plays Shakespeare wrote
What are comedies, histories, and tragedies?
The two names of Shakespeare’s acting troupe
What are The Lord Chamberlain’s Men and The King’s Men?
The gender of actors in Shakespeare’s day
What is male?
Henry VIII’s punishment for people who disagreed with him
What is: Displayed their heads on the spikes of London Bridge?
Henry VIII’s process of getting a divorce
What is: He established the Church of England, made himself its powerful head, and granted himself a divorce?
Shakespeare's first name.
What is William?
The climax in Shakespeare's plays always occurs here.
What is Act III?
The theater in which Shakespeare owned 16%
What is The Globe?
Actors had to be competent using this weapon
What is a sword?
Edward VI’s age when he ascended the throne
What is 9?
The genre where the most literary achievement was made during the Renaissance
What is drama?
Shakespeare was buried in this town.
What is Stratford-Upon-Avon?
Shakespeare's five great tragedies
What are Macbeth, Hamlet, Othello, Julius Caesar, and King Lear?
The theater in which Shakespeare owned 10%
What is The Black Friars?
Two things that could happen to an actor if the audience thought he was not a good performer
What is:
Throw apples or tomatoes at him?
Challenge him to a duel on the stage?
The name of the conflict between the Lancasters and Yorks
What is the War of the Roses?
The meaning of the term “renaissance”
What is “rebirth”?
Shakespeare's wife
Who is Anne Hathaway?
Shakespeare's first play
What is Comedy of Errors?
The city in which The Globe was located
What is London?
An actor had to know at least this number of roles per season
What is 80?
Mary I’s nickname
What is Bloody Mary?
Where the renaissance originated
Where is Italy?
The two monarchs who ruled during Shakespeare's lifetime.
Who are Elizabeth I and James I?
The number of plays Shakespeare is credited with writing
What is 37?
The number of sides The Globe Theater had
What is 8?
A vocal quality an actor needed to possess
Elizabeth I’s nickname
What is the Virgin Queen?
The Golden Age of Drama occurred during this age
What is the Elizabethan Age?