While in the big city, Shakespeare had little to do with this place.
What is Stratford-upon-Avon?
100
This is what he retired from doing.
What is theater?
100
The era of English history in which he lived was called this.
What is the Elizabethan Period?
200
the distance of his birth from London
What is 94 miles?
200
Shakespeare attended grammar school until the age of...
What is 15?
200
He became the third largest during his time in London.
What is a landowner?
200
At the time of retirement, he purchased this large house.
What is "New Place"?
200
These two reigned during his life.
Who are Queen Elizabeth and King James?
300
a descriptor of his family's economic situation
What is "well-off"?
300
Reading, speech and debate, or writing were the major focus of his studies...
What is reading?
300
He married her on November 27, 1582.
Who is Anne Hathaway?
300
Tradition holds that he died on this birthday.
What is the age of 52?
300
The most popular form of entertainment...
What are plays?
400
The number of brothers and sisters he had...
What is seven?
400
These stories about the gods greatly influenced his later works.
What is mythology?
400
His wife was this many years his senior.
What is eight years?
400
His burial place holds this name.
What is the chancel of the Church of the Holy Trinity?
400
His genius may be described in one of three ways.
What are understanding people, skill with words, and a sense of drama-what would please an audience?
500
The four jobs his father held...(name at least two).
What is glove maker, shopkeeper, landowner, bailiff (Mayor) of Stratford?
500
The most popular poet of Pompeii influencing Western art and literature. The streets of Pompeii even had graffiti about his work, "Metamorphoses". Shakespeare studied him carefully.
Who is Ovid?
500
The names of their three children.
What are Susanna, and the twins: Hamnet and Judith?
500
He retired somewhere between these years.
What is 1611-1613?
500
Besides theatre, this has never been the same. It was dramatically changed.