During a literary career that lasted approximately 20 years, Shakespeare produced several narrative poems, 134 sonnets, and 35 __________.
What are plays?
100
This was the "original" name of the Globe Theatre.
What is The Theatre?
100
This provided the lighting during a performace at the Globe Theatre, although torches were sometimes lit to suggest night scenes.
What is sunlight?
200
The Renaissance began in this country.
What is Italy?
200
Shakespeare attended this school until the age of 15.
What is Stratford Grammar School?
200
Shakespeare's plays fall into three distinct categories. They are comedies, tragedies, and __________.
What are histories?
200
What kinds of people attended performances at the Globe Theatre?
What is all kinds?
200
There were no performances at the Globe Theatre during Lent or during bouts of __________.
What is the plague?
300
This English ruler is often associated with the Renaissance.
Who is Elizabeth I?
300
We know very little about Shakespeare's life during two major spans of time, commonly referred to as these.
What are The Lost Years?
300
How many lines are in a sonnet?
What are 14?
300
These "individuals" paid a penny to stand in the open courtyard to watch a performance.
What are groundlings?
300
It was forbidden for a ___________ to set foot on an Elizabethan stage.
What is women?
400
This is another name for the Renaissance named after this popular English queen.
What is the Elizabethan Age?
400
Shakespeare married this woman and they had three children.
Who is Anne Hathaway?
400
This is a label placed upon Shakespeare meaning "poet."
What is The Bard?
400
Performances at the Globe Theatre were often performed in the afternoon. A trumpet was often to used to alert the townspeople that a performance was about to begin. This was also used to alert the townspeople that a performance was going to be performed that day.
What is a flag?
400
Sound quality in the Globe Theatre was poor and spoken lines did not carry unless actors bellowed them viva voce. Viva voce means___________.
What is "by word of mouth."
500
Queen Elizabeth I was the daugher of Anne Boleyn and this famous king.
Who is King Henry VIII?
500
What did Shakespeare's father do for a living?
What is a glover?
500
This type of drama recounts an important and causally related series of events in the life of a person of significance; such events culminating in an unhappy catastrophe.
What is a tragedy?
500
The Globe Theater had a latin motto: Totus mundus agit histrionem. It was a translation of one of Shakespeare's most famous lines.
What is "All the World's a Stage"
500
Rooms located at the back of the stage of the Globe Theatre were often used as dressing rooms for the actors. These rooms were also known as the ___________.