Show:
English Renaissance
London's Scenery
Vocabulary
Globe Theatre
Vocabulary
100
This occurred during the late 1500s and early 1600s.
When was the English Renaissance?
100
What is a stink hole with open gutters, raw sewage, and rotting garbage?
What was London like during this time?
100
What is a fine or penalty?
What is forfeit?
100
What is it to sound the trumpet to herald the actor who delivered the prologue at the beginning of the play? What is it to fill the stage with singers, acrobats, and tumblers for the grand finale?
What happened at the beginnings and endings of most plays?
100
What is undefiled or stainless?
What is chaste?
200
She reigned in England during the English Renaissance.
Who is Queen Elizabeth I?
200
What is it to write poetry?
After many theaters were ordered to close in 1592, what did Shakespeare do?
200
What is it to cause insidious harm or ruin?
What is pernicious?
200
What is it to be uneducated and commoners?
What two factors are of great importance in regard to Shakspeare's audience?
200
What is a marriage ceremony?
What are nuptials?
300
These four forms of artistry were offered to the "literate and sophisticated" people.
What are music, art, literature, and theatre?
300
What are slums?
Because theatrical people had a poor relationship with the authorities, where were theaters located?
300
Who are a group, person, or force that opposes or attacks?
What are adversaries?
300
What is it to tie a bear or bull to a post while it fends off vicicious attacks from other animals?
What is bear-baiting and bull-baiting?
300
What is small sword?
What is rapier?
400
What is it to be held in very low regard?
When Shakespeare arrived in London in 1592, what was the status of most actors?
400
What are thieves, pickpockets, and scoundrels?
What kinds of people found slums to be "paradise"?
400
What is the natural mental and emotional outlook or mood?
What is disposition?
400
What is an attendance of twenty thousand patrons?
What was the average weekly attendance for most theaters in 1600?
400
What is it to be bold and courageous?
What is valiant?
500
Who is Queen Elizabeth I?
Whose support helped the actors gain greater acceptance?
500
What is a safe jurisdiction away from the county sheriff, the mayor, and the City council?
What are the "Liberties"?
500
What is it to be or become weak or feeble?
What is languish?
500
What is one penny, twopence, and threepence?
What were the three ticket prices for the shows?
500
What is a complaint or resentment?
What is grievance?