Vocabulary
History
Will
Sonnets/Plays
Vocabulary 2
100

a solo speech in a play

What is a soliloquy?

100

the ruler of England when Will was born

Who was Queen Elizabeth I?

100

the town where Will was born and grew up

What is Stratford-Upon-Avon?

100
A Midsummer Night's Dream is this type of play

What is a comedy?

100

a kind of pay when main characters die at the end

What is a tragedy?

200

A rich person who supports an artist

What is a patron?
200

James Burbage built this in 1576

What is a theater?

200

Shakespeare was most known for this type of poetry

What are sonnet?
200

Shakespeare's tragic heroes always had a ____

What is a flaw?

200

a kind of poem with 14 lines

What is a sonnet?

300

to practice a play

What is to rehearse?
300

Lord Chamberlain's Men were ____?

What are actors?

300

What member of Will's family passed away while he was in London?

Who is Hamnet, his son?
300

Hamlet is this type of play

What is a tragedy?

300

all the work that people do in their lives

What is a career?
400

A deadly disease that can spread quickly

What is a plague?

400

The theater Will's troupe built

What is the Globe?

400

Will Shakespeare was born in this year

What is 1564

400

Shakespeare's most famous comic character

Who was John Falstaff?

400

a period of time when there is not enough food

What is a famine?

500

a mistake, error, something is not perfect

What is a flaw?

500

Theaters closed down due to 

What is the Bubonic Plague?

500

Will's father's occupation

What is a glove maker?

500

Female roles were typically played by

What are men?

500

an informative speech given on a particular topic

What is a lecture?
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