Early Life
Where is Shakespeare from?
Stratford-Upon-Avon
Who did Shakespeare marry?
Anne Hathaway
How many people could fit inside the Globe Theater where Shakespeare performed his plays.
3,000
Why did the Globe Theater get shut down?
The Plague!!! The Black Death!!!!
How many histories did Shakespeare write?
10
What sort of subjects did Shakespeare learn at school?
Latin, Greek, History
How many kids did Shakespeare have and what were their names?
3 kids - Hamnet, Judith, and Susanna
Where did the poor people stand and what were they called?
The groundlings stood in the pit without seats.
What did doctors wear to follow the "science" of the time?
They wore bird masks filled with flowers to save them from the bad "smells" that caused disease.
How many tragedies did Shakespeare write?
10
What could teachers do in the 1400's in Shakespeare's time that they cannot do today?
Teachers today cannot beat the children in class like they did in 1400's England.
What was the name of Shakespeare's acting group?
Lord Chamberlain's Men
Where did rich people sit inside the Globe Theater?
They sat in comfortable seats up in the galleries.
Shakespeare loved to write plays for the Queen- She is the most famous queen of England and the state of Virginia was named after her because she was known as the "Virgin" queen for never getting married. What was the name of this queen?
Queen Elizabeth 1
How many comedies did Shakespeare write?
18
What supplies did Shakespeare need to write? Name atleast 2 supplies
parchment, ink pot, feather quill pen (goose feather with a sharpened nub)
What was the name of Shakespeare's theater?
The Globe
What was the stage technology that allowed actors to pop up and surprise the audience like ghosts or surprise killers?
There was a trap door on the stage for big surprises from the actors.
Shakespeare also wrote plays for a famous King of England who came after Elizabeth. He was a famous King for translating the Bible from ancient Greek and Hebrew into ENGLISH for the first time ever.
KING JAMES
Name 3 works by Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Hamlet, Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer's Night Dream, King Lear
What did Shakespeare's father do for a living?
He made fancy gloves out of leather.
Who played the roles of Juliet, Ophelia, Lady Macbeth, or any other lady in Shakespeare's plays?
DUDES- Ladies were not allowed to participate fully in society with rights or employment. They were considered property of the men in their families.
What was the flag used for on top of the theater?
The flag was a signal, if the flag was up, a show was on, and if not- there was not a play being shown at that time.
Shakespeare wrote a ton of plays- histories, tragedies, comedies, and what type of poem?
Sonnets
What do we call Shakespeare's 10 syllable poetic meter that was the foundation of all his writing?
Iambic Pentameter