About William
William Shakespeare was born and died on this day.
What is April 23?
Dinner and Supper take place at these times.
What is noon and six pm?
In Elizabethan Theatre, a group of actors is called this.
What is a troupe of players?
This word means why.
What is wherefore?
These brothers helped build The Globe.
Who are the Burbage brothers?
This is the name of Shakespeare's wife.
Who is Anne Hathaway?
Contrary to popular belief, this is NOT the most important meal of the day.
What is breakfast?
Colors and fabrics have meaning in theatre. A player wearing cotton or lace meant this.
What is Nobility?
This word is not a greeting. It is an expression of surprise.
What is hello?
This destroyed the First Globe.
What is a canon shot?
Shakespeare was Baptized on this day.
What is April 26?
This is used for medicinal purposes before the Swiss added milk and sugar.
What is chocolate?
Plays only took place between these two times due to lighting and temperature.
What is two and five pm?
I fear thou hast ta'en me for someone else. Ta'en means this.
What is mistaken for?
This group destroyed the second Globe Theatre.
Who are the Puritans?
Who are Susanne, Edith, and Hamnet?
Friday and Saturday meals involved this food to support the growing industry.
What is fish?
Players were not given a full script, instead they were given this, which they would put in their belts for quick reference.
What is a scroll?
Instead of saying bless you, they would say this.
What is God Save You?
If you weren't a groundling, you paid this much to sit in the balcony.
What is 2 shillings or 24 pence?
The "Lost Years" is a period in which Shakespeare disappeared, totaling this number.
What is seven years?
These two rhyming foods, while common in today's meals, were not so popular during Shakespeare's time.
What are tomatoes and potatoes?
Women were not allowed to participate in plays due to a law that claimed to protect this.
Juliet says "Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?" because she wishes he were this.
What is not Romeo Montague?
The Globe raised these colored flags to show what type of play was being shown.
Red=history
White=Comedy
Black=Tragedy