What day was Shakespeare born? What day did he die?
What is April 23, 1564. And April 23, 1616.
100
What was the name of the Queen?
What is Queen Elizabeth.
100
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre was located in which city?
What is London.
100
Where does the audience sit?
What is the front of house.
100
What is the name of one TRAGIC play written by Shakespeare?
What is Romeo and Juliet
200
What is Shakespeare's wife's name?
What is Anne Hathaway.
200
What was another activity that went on in theatres? (People did not JUST go to the theatre to watch a play. They would also...???)
What is gambling or bear baiting.
200
Who were allowed to act on stage?
Only men.
200
Where do actors change their costumes?
In the back of house.
200
What is the term for someone speaking on stage for a period of time alone?
HINT: a soliloquoy is an example of this.
What is a monologue.
300
What school did Shakespeare go to?
What is Stratford.
300
Plays were outlawed in London in what year?
What is 1596.
300
How was the Globe Theatre destroyed?
What is a fire from a canon.
300
What do actors use to help them memorize the play?
What is a script.
300
What is the name of Shakespeare's acting company?
What is Lord Chamberlain's Men.
400
How many children did Shakespeare have?
What is 3.
400
What were 2 reasons that were plays outlawed in London?
They were a place of crime and theft.
Plagues and illnesses were easily spread in theatres.
Many plays criticized religion and the monarchy.
Riots, fights and violence were often started at plays.
400
Where did the audience (common people AND wealthy people) view the play from?
Common people stood in the 'pit'. Wealthy people sat in the balconies.
400
What is the proper name for things that are used on stage?
What is "Props" or the "Set"
400
Who is someone thought to have been "William Shakespeare"?
Who is Francis Bacon, Edward de Vere or Christopher Marlowe
500
What did Shakespseare father do for work?
He was a glove-maker (OR) he sold items made from wool.
500
What is one popular sports from Elizabethan times?
What is jousting or archery
500
What was the cost for a ticket to one of Shakespeare's plays?
What is one cent.
500
What is the name for the author of a play?
What is a "playwright".
500
Name 5 of Shakespeare's plays.
What is Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Merchant of Venice, Midsummer Night's Dream, The Tempest, Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Caesar, Henry VIII, Titus Andronicus, etc.