Shakespeare Lore
Act 1 Scene 1
Globe Theatre
Drama
Historical Context
100

Shakespeare was born here

What is Stratford Upon Avon?

100

What characters we see in Act 1 Scene 1

Who are the Weird Sisters?

100

The Globe Theatre's Location

Where is London?

100

The main character

What is a protagonist?

100

This person hated witchcraft

Who is King James I?

200

Shakespeare's wife

Who is Anne Hathaway?

200

By predicting the future, the witches were doing this

What is Giving a Prophecy?

200

The amount of versions we had of the theatre

What is three?

200

The lighthearted, happy ending genre

What is comedy?

200

This person determined who will be monarch

Who is God?

300

Shakespeare's son's name

Who is Hamnet/Hamlet?

300

The weather in this scene

What is foggy?

300

The ceiling of the stage depicted these

What are the zodiacs?

300

The genre in which our hero falls from grace

What is tragedy?

300

The two patrons of Shakespeare

Who are King James I and Queen Elizabeth I

400

Shakespeare's most famous tragedy

What is Romeo and Juliet?

400

The meaning of hurly-burly

What is a large, loud commotion or upset?

400

Where the ghosts came out of

What is a trapdoor?

400

What is the official name for a fatal flaw

What is Hamartia?

400

The worst crime of the time period

What is Regicide?

500

When Shakespeare died

When is 1616?

500

The familiars of the witches

Who are Greymalkin and Paddock?

500

The office space behind the stage

What is the Tiring House?

500

The main cause for a fatal flaw, commonly known as pride in English

What is Hubris?

500

The spirits covered all these beings

What are Angels, Demons, Stars, and Moons?