Shakespeare Biography
When was Shakespeare born?
April, 1564
How many plays did Shakespeare write?
38/ 39
How many children did Shakespeare have?
3
Susanna, Hamnet, and Judith
True or False
Shakespeare invented the word dearest.
False
What is the name of the theatre he helped to build?
The Globe
Where was he born?
Stratford-upon-Avon
What type of plays did he write?
Tragedies, comedies and historical plays
Who did he marry?
Anne Hathaway
What does "It´s Greek to me" mean?
something difficult to understand
How many words did Shakespeare invent?
1700
What was his job?
Playwright, poet and actor
What type of play is Romeo and Juliet?
A tragedy
How many siblings did Shakespeare have?
7
Joan, Margaret, Gilbert, Joan, Anne, Richard, and Edmund
What does "The green-eyed monster" mean?
jealousy
What is considered Shakespeare's greatest contribution to the English Language?
Between which two cities did Shakespeare divide his time?
Stratford and London
When did Shakespeare write MacBeth?
1606
What were the names of Shakespeare's parents?
John and Mary
Someone with a heart of gold is....
extremely nice and kind person
What myth surrounds his writing?
That he didn't write his plays and that he plagiarized most of them.
When and how did he die?
April 23rd, 1616
Cause of death is unknown, but he apparently died after drinking too much and developing a fever.
What else did Shakespeare write - except for plays?
How many of these did he write?
Sonnets
154
How many grandchildren did Shakespeare have?
4
Elizabeth, Shakespeare, Richard, and Thomas
Wild-Goose Chase means
A foolish and hopeless pursuit of something unattainable.
Where did his colleagues preserve his work after his death?
In the First Folio (first collected edition of Shakespeare's plays)