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How Are They Related?
Tragic Deaths
Characters
Elizabethan Theatre
Shakespeare's life
100
They are mother and son.
Who are Gertrude and Hamlet?
100
This person killed Old Hamlet.
Who is Claudius?
100
He is the King of Denmark.
Who is Claudius?
100

Audiences paid more to sit on these tiered wooden benches under a thatched roof

                                   


    

What is the galleries?

100

Shakespeare was born in this year

What is 1564?

200
They are brother and sister.
Who are Laertes and Ophelia?
200
She drowned in the lake.
Who is Ophelia?
200
She is the queen of Denmark and married Hamlet's uncle.
Who is Gertrude?
200

Actors playing ghosts or witches could rise or descend through this door built into the main stage.

                                   


    

What is a trapdoor?

200

Shakespeare's wife.

Who is Anne Hathway?

300
They were brothers.
Who are Old Hamlet and Claudius?
300
DOUBLE JEOPARDY! This body part was poisoned and the reason for the death of Old Hamlet.
What is the ear?
300
He was King Hamlet's jester.
Who is Yorick?
300

Audiences paid one penny to stand here and watch the performance, rain or shine.

                                   


    

What is the pit?

300

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!The village Shakespeare was born.

What is Stradford Upon Avon?

400
Hamlet and Horatio.
What is best friends?
400
Hamlet accidentally killed this person, mistaking him for Claudius.
Who is Polonius?
400
He is the prince of Norway.
Who is Fortinbras?
400

                                               

Often these patrons would participate in the action of the play by throwing snacks and shouting at the performers.

                                   


    

What is the groundlings?

400

This person is Shakespeare's patron.

Who is Lord Southampton?

500
They are nephew and uncle.
Who are Hamlet and Claudius?
500
Laertes killed Hamlet with this weapon.
What is a poisoned sword?
500
His brother killed him to claim the throne.
Who is Old Hamlet?
500

                                               

A canopy supported by pillars and a hut on top. The canopy shaded and protected actors from too much sun or rain.

                                   


    

What is the heavens?

500

This person is the name of Shakespeare's acting company.

What is Lord Chamberlain's Men?