Life of Shakespeare
Two of Shakespeare's three nicknames
What are The Bard, Gentle Will, and The Poet?
Theater that his plays were often performed in during his time; outdoor wooden "O"
What is The Globe?
A quick remark made by a character to the audience
What is an aside?
poem that consists of three 4-line quatrains and a couplet
What is a sonnet?
possible origin of "Knock-Knock" jokes
What is Macbeth?
Shakespeare's Wife
Who is Anne Hathaway?
plays that generally end in marriage and success of the young
What are comedies?
A long speech given by a character when speaking to another character
What is a monologue?
Two themes in which Shakespeare wrote his sonnets
What are love and beauty?
Movie based off of Hamlet
What is The Lion King?
The day of his birth and death
What is April 23rd?
plays that end in death
A long speech given by a character with no other characters on stage
What is a soliloquy?
The other name for "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day"
What is Sonnet 18?
Total number of works written by Shakespeare that we know of
Name of the group of actors associated with Shakespeare
What is the Lord Chamerberlain's Men/The King's Men?
Plays that are about kings of England
What are histories?
When the audience knows more than the characters know.
What is dramatic irony?
The number of lines in a sonnet
What is 14?
a reference within a work to an outside work
What is an allusion?
What is bedazzled, swagger, olympian, puke...
Number of plays written by Shakespeare
What is 37?
Form of which Shakespeare wrote
What is blank verse?
Shakespeare's first poem
What is Venus and Adonis?
Two works in which "Your Momma" jokes were used
What is Timon of Athens and Titus Andronicus?