People of Shakespeare's Time
Vocabulary
Questions about Will Himself
The Globe
Miscellaneous
100
This royal lady cherished the arts and lived during the same time as Shakespeare.
Who is Queen Elizabeth I?
100
So many people were there that the place was quite crowded. (define crowded)
What is congested?
100
1564
What year was Will born?
100
There were many different places patrons sat and stood when they went to the Globe. These people paid a penny to stand out in the yard of the playhouse. When it rained, they knew it.
What are groundlings?
100
Use one of your vocabulary words for a person who owns part of a business.
What is a shareholder?
200
This royal man succeeded the queen after she died in 1603.
Who is King James I?
200
At night they secretly began to take apart the Theatre and floated it across the Thames piece by piece. (Name the vocabulary word that means take apart.)
What is dismantle?
200
52 years old
How old was Will when he died?
200
At the Globe, Will brought each character and every human experience to life with his wit and rich, beautiful language of his writing. Elizabethans were demanding and judgemental. (One of our vocabulary words for this story means judgemental.)
What is critical?
200
This is the genre of William Shakespeare and the Globe
What is a Biography?
300
Shakespeare dedicated two poems to this man.
Who is The Earl of Southhampton?
300
There were two unique characteristics of the Globe Theatre. They were the special effects and the adornment of the stage. (Define adornment)
What are decorations, ornaments or something that beautifies a person or thing?
300
Shakespeare was famous for writing these.
What are plays?
300
At the Globe, during a performace of Henry VIII, a spark from the stage cannon accidentally set fire to the thatched roof.
What destroyed the Globe?
300
This man said "Shakespeare was not of an age, but for all time."
Who is Ben Jonson?
400
He is an architect who designed a new kind of an indoor playhouse.
Who is Inigo Jones?
400
Queen Elizabeth I and King James I were patrons of the Globe Theatre. (Define patrons)
What is the name of someone who supports artists and writers?
400
Stratford-upon-Avon, England
Where was Shakespeare born?
400
People could do this at the Globe, but not in theaters today.
What is eating, drinking, and talking?
400
Shakespeare's work was so good that it will be enjoyed by people of all times. He wrote plays and poetry in the 16th century that are still being published, produced, discussed and enjoyed by many some 400 years later in the 21st century. (There was a famous quote made by Ben Jonson when defined, means the above.)
What does Ben Jonson mean when he says, "Shakespeare was not of an age, but for all time?"
500
He created elaborate musical dance dramas called masques.
Who is Ben Jonson?
500
Name the vocabulary word that is the antonym of simple.
What is lavish?
500
Shakespeare performed his plays here and was also a shareholder.
What is the Globe?
500
At the Globe, Ben Jonson was delighting audiences with his plays, and at court with his elaborate masques. (Define masques)
What are musical dance dramas?
500
Shakespeare wrote well and was also a stockholder of the Globe. He became wealthy and successful. What is a word that we discussed and also was mentioned in this story that means wealthy and successful?
What is prosperous?
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