Show:
Shakespeare's Early Life
Shakespeare's Theatre
Globe Theatre
Sonnets
Extras
100
When he was born
1564
100
When did plays occur in Shakespeare's day? Why?
What is during the day because there was no electricity.
100
When was it built?
1599
100
Where did the sonnet originate?
What is Italy
100
Witches or ghosts could rise or descend through this area in the stage know as "hell"
What is the trap door
200
When did he die?
What is 1616
200
Why were people against the theatre?
Dirty, immoral, kept people from work
200
When and why did it burn down?
1613 - cannon fire caught the roof on fire
200
How many lines is a sonnet?
What is 14.
200
Who shut down the Globe theatre and when was it shut down?
Who are the Puritans in 1642
300
Where was he born?
What is Stratford upon Avon
300
Describe the Globe theatre
Large wooden "o" People threw food at actors Filthy - no restrooms 1 cent to get in held 3,000 people etc.
300
What was the importance of flags? What did each color mean?
What is the type of play red - history black - tragedy white - comedy
300
What pieces make up a sonnet?
3 quatrains and a rhyming couplet
300
Why did Shakespeare use different forms in his writing?
What is to signify a difference in social class
400
What were some of his father's occupations? AT least 2
What is an alderman and a mayor also - farmer and leather man
400
What was the roof made of originally and today?
Thatch and tile
400
Where did "common folk" sit? What were they called?
Trick question - they didn't sit, they stood in front of the stage, groundlings
400
What is the rhythm of a sonnet called - the "heart beat"
What is iambic pentameter
400
Shakespeare wrote at least this many sonnets
What is 154
500
What are the lost years? AND What 2 events border the "lost years"?
7 years in which there is no record of Shakespeare and the birth of Shakespeare's last child and the first mention of Shakespeare in the theater.
500
What was the name of another theatre in which Shakespeare performed?
The Rose
500
What was the area over the stage called?
What is the heavens
500
Recite a line of iambic pentameter OR tell me who first came up with the sonnet form
What is ...(any line of iambic pentameter) or Petrarch
500
What are the three types of plays Shakespeare wrote? Of which one did he write the most?
What is tragedy, comedy and history. He wrote the most comedies.