Actors had to have this in order to be successful. They also had to make sure not to hurt themselves while using the tools of the trade!
What is weapon and/or sword skills for combat?
100
Performances in Elizabethan England originally were performed in these two types of locations.
What are inn yards and taverns?
100
This was Shakespeare's primary profession.
What is a playwright?
100
This play by Shakespeare involves a prince who discovers that his uncle killed his father.
What is Hamlet?
100
The Elizabethan era had many of these special or traditional ways of doing things.
What are conventions?
200
Reed Martin from the Reduced Shakespeare Company is a good example of an actor who has this type of skill, seeing as he worked for Ringling Brothers!
What is clowning?
200
This major Elizabethan public theatre was known for its foul odor.
What is The Rose?
200
Shakespeare's wife was named this. (So is a popular actress!)
What is Anne Hathaway?
200
This play by Shakespeare involves two sisters -- the younger one is pretty & sort of a bimbo and the older one is a.. ahem... not nice person. The younger one can't marry until the older one does.
What is "The Taming of the Shrew?"
200
The words power and beauty are associated with this queen, who reigned over England during Shakespeare's hey-day.
Who is Queen Elizabeth I?
300
Elizabethan actors (especially those who travelled) had the reputation of being these types of people.
What are vagabonds?
300
The first public theatre in Elizabethan England went by this moniker. (Obviously.)
What is The Theatre?
300
As a writer, Shakespeare had to do this to his manuscript before he could make money.
What is sell it?
300
"The Chaste Maid of Cheapside" by this playwright exposed the harsh realities of poverty, sin, and the oldest profession.
Who is Thomas Middleton?
300
Plays were performed during this time only.
What is daytime?
400
Adam Long from Reduced Shakespeare Company accompanies Austin and Reed as they showcase this actor skill at the end of "Romeo & Juliet."
What is singing?
400
Before public theatres, in England, acting troupes performed here.
What is on outdoor stages?
400
This theater is primarily associated with Shakespeare, and has a "new" version still operating in London today.
What is The Globe?
400
"Volpone" is a play by Ben Jonson about a man who fakes his own death. The major themes are these.
What are greed and poor morals?
400
This type of Elizabethan entertainment entailed chaining the animal first. No one would be able to outrun this beast!
What is bear baiting?
500
Adam (from RSC) performed most of these in the "Complete Works" which makes sense in terms of Elizabethan laws.
What is female roles/women's roles?
500
This theater was burned to the ground after a cannon malfunction in 1642.
What is The Globe?
500
This man was a contemporary of Shakespeare who wrote Dr. Faustus.
Who is Christopher Marlowe?
500
Plays in the Elizabethan era were not written for this purpose.
What is to be read?
500
This is known as "the oldest profession" and was widely dispersed throughout Elizabethan London.