Shakespeare
Shakespeare began his adult career as a
Actor
How were the actors "identities" kept secret during a play?
By wearing masks as disguises
This is the title Macbeth receives at the beginning of the play
The Thane of Cawdor
Where did the Old English language begin?
With Proto-Germanic tribes who invaded England
True or False - William Shakespeare invited the English Language
False
The name of Shakespeare's theater company
Lords Chamberlains Men
How many people could the Globe Theater hold?
3000 people
This is Banquo's son
Fleance
Middle English is a hybrid creation between what two langauges?
Old English and French (Norman)
Macbeth
Hamlet
Othello
Romeo and Juliet
Midsummer nights dream
Several more...
This was the age Shakespeare lived in that helped his works gain massive fame
Elizabethan Era
Why were women not allowed to perform in theatrical plays and dramas?
It was deemed unprofessional and disgraceful for a woman to preform on stage.
Who is King Duncan's son and what title does he receive?
Malcolm - Thane of Glamis (prince in line to become king).
True or false, the Old English language was very abstract and was able to express abstract thought
False - Old English only dealt with concrete, physical terms
In the Lady or the Tiger, name the two people who had feelings for the princess in the story
The courtier and the tiger keeper
Where did Shakespeare get the idea for Macbeth?
Based on the real historical Scottish King Macbeth who killed Duncan 1st
Why were little decorations used at all in the Globe Theater?
This was the traitor at the beginning of the story who tried to dethrone Duncan
Macdonwald
Name one Modern English word that comes from French?
Beef from the French word "boeuf"
Where did Shakespeare get the word "assassin" from?
The Arabic word "hashshshin"
List the two reason why we have Shakespeare's work today
Two friends that compiled his work and David Garrick who produced the Shakespeare Jubilees
After it was rebuilt from burning down, why did the English government stop all performances at the theater?
The Puritans had become the majority in the English governments and viewed these plays as immoral/sinful
Right before Macbeth encounters the witches to receive the prophecy, what were witches discussing?
Ruining the life of a married sailor by curing him for 81 weeks ... because his wife didn't give the witches a chestnut...
What old English word did the Norse language change to Sky?
uprodor
This play by Shakespeare is one of him most famous - a great leader is betrayed by his best friend (It is not Macbeth)
Julius Caesar