"Before we quite entered the town, we turned off the road and down a narrow lane to a substantial house surrounded by a high hedge."
What is Simon Bass's home
100
"That settles it. Widge, allow me to welcome you to the
------------'- ---."
What is the Chamberlain's Men
100
Stratford-upon-Avon, England in 1564
What is the year and place of Shakespeare's birth
100
The name of Dr. Bright's invention
What is charactery
200
"If you truly wish to stay on here, and p-prove yourself able, we will stand with you.
Who is Mr. Heminges
200
"A gatherer took my penny and I shuffled on, jostled from this side and that, until I bumped up against an unmoving mass of spectators."
What is the Globe Theatre
200
"The rain had dwindled to a fine drizzle, what we in Yorkshire called a -------- day."
What is a cobweb day
200
Ruler of England from 1558-1603
Who is Queen Elizabeth I
200
The character Widge played in 'Hamlet'
Who is Ophelia
300
"Close your mouth, . . . before your soul flies out."
Who is Falconer
300
"There was always some potion simmering over a pot of burning pitch, and one of my duties was to tend to these."
What is Dr. Bright's apothecary
300
"You needn't look so glum, Widge, . . . A bad rehearsal means a good -----------.
What is performance
300
Elizabethan theaters were often closed for long periods due to this
What is bubonic plague or 'black death'
300
. . . the name of the actor who was the manager of the Chamberlain's Men
Who is Mr. Heminges
400
"Thank heaven my audience is not made up of such sobersides. Sander, see that this lad is given instructions in laughing."
Who is Mr. Shakespeare
400
"I gawked about me like the greenest country lad as we were escorted to a massive square hall with a lead roof and high, arched windows."
What is the Palace at Whitehall
400
"Yes, I needed a real name. I would not be plain Widge any longer. I would be ----------.
Who is Pedringano
400
England defeated this country in a famous naval battle in 1588
What is Spain
400
. . . what part of England Widge is from
What is Yorkshire
500
"It seems I might have the chance to be a player after all."
Who is Julia
500
"Everything familiar and secure was snatched away and replaced by a single, suffocating element that robbed me of sight and hearing, of my very own breath."
What is the Thames River
500
"A likely looking lot of lissome ------, eh, Mr. Shakespeare?"
What is ladies
500
After Queen Elizabeth's death 1603 the Chamberlain's Men became known as this
What is the King's Men
500
. . . why Roderigo Lopez, the Queen's physician, was executed
What is he was accused of plotting to poison the Queen