Twelfth Night
The Tempest
Richard II
Macbeth
Much Ado About Nothing
Hamlet
A Midsummer Night's Dream
General
100
Name the character who says:
"Better a witty fool than a foolish wit"
Who is Feste?
100
Caliban's mother
Who is Sycorax?
100
Richard's uncle. Dies in act 2 after giving his famous "This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle..." speech
Who is John of Gaunt?
100
The first title the witches predict Macbeth will attain.
What is The Thane of Cawdor?
100
Played Margaret in Jamie Lloyd's production of Much Ado
Who is Mason Alexander Park?
100
Number of published versions of Hamlet believed to have been authored by Shakespeare
What is 3?
100
This character is still under the influence of the love potion at the end of the play.
Who is Demetrius?
100
The year Shakespeare died
What is 1616?
200
The date twelfth night falls upon
What is 5 Jan?
200
Duke Alonso (the King of Naples) is coming back from this country when he is shipwrecked
What is Tunis?
200
Duke exiled by Richard II for the rest of his life:
'The hopeless word of “never to return”
Breathe I against thee, upon pain of life.'
Who is Mowbray?
200
Monarch who was on the English throne when Macbeth was written
Who is James I?
200
Italian town in which Much Ado is set
What is Messina?
200
The city Laertes returns from to avenge his father's death
What is Paris?
200
This character closes the play with the speech beginning:
'If we shadows have offended,
Think but this and all is mended'
Who is Puck?
200
In modern terminology, a character who is four score is ....
What is 80?
300
Sir Toby, Maria, Sir Andrew and Fabian hide in this tree to watch Malvolio read the letter from 'Olivia'
What is the box tree?
300
Fill in the missing word from the final lines in the play, spoken by Prospero:
'As you from crimes would ..... be,
Let your indulgence set me free.'
What is pardoned?
300
Richard's wife is from this country
What is France?
300
Original act 1 scene 1 stage directions from the First Folio Macbeth
clue: they are special effects
What are thunder and lightning?
300
Played Don John in Kenneth Branagh's 1993 film
Who is Keanu Reeves?
300
Complete the quote and name the character:
'O cursed spite,
That ever I was born to set it ...'
what is 'right' and Hamlet?
300
Bottom's profession is
What is a weaver?
300
Shakespeare play with not 1 but 2 sets of twins
What is The Comedy of Errors?
400
The name of Viola and Sebastian's father
What is Sebastian?
400
The kind of tree Ariel was imprisoned in before the start of the play
What is a pine tree?
400
Uncle whose murder Richard was implicated in. His widow strongly suggests that Richard was to blame:
'One flourishing branch of his most royal root,
Is crack’d, and all the precious liquor spilt;
Is hack’d down, and his summer leaves all faded,
By envy’s hand and murder’s bloody axe'
Who is the Duke of Gloucester?
400
King Duncan's 2 sons
Who are Malcolm and Donalbain?
400
Leonato's brother in Much Ado
Who is Antonio?
400
Famous actor who played Hamlet many times during his career. He made a film in 1948 which won 4 Academy Awards. His statue is in front of the National Theatre.
Who is Laurence Olivier?
400
Name the character who speaks these lines:
'For aught that I could ever read,
Could ever hear by tale or history,
The course of true love never did run smooth.'
Who is Lysander?
400
Shakespeare wrote 2 erotic narrative poems that were both best sellers during his lifetime. Name one of them
What are Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece?
500
The full title of Twelfth Night is:
Twelfth Night; or ...
What is
'What You Will'?
500
The Tempest was first published in this year
What is 1623?
500
The sequel to Richard II in Shakespeare's second tetralogy
What is 1 Henry IV?
500
Major terrorist attack that was foiled in 1605. The Porter makes veiled references to it in his speech.
What is The Gunpowder Plot?
500
Don Pedro is from this Spanish region
What is Aragon?
500
Rosencrantz, Guildenstern and Hamlet are students at this university. The city was associated with Protestant humanism and was famously where Martin Luther began the Reformation in 1517.
What is Wittenberg?
500
Complete the quote and name the character:
'These are the forgeries of ...'
What is 'jealousy' and Titania?
500
The history play Shakespeare co-wrote with John Fletcher in 1612.
What is Henry VIII?
600
In their first appearance together, Sebastian tells Antonio that he has been living under a false name. That name is ...
What is Roderigo?
600
Three goddesses appear in Prospero's wedding masque to bless the union of Miranda and Ferdinand. They are Juno, Iris and ...
What is Ceres?
600
Richard II is written completely in verse. The other history play which is also entirely in verse is
What is King John?
600
Playwright who added the scenes involving Hecate to 'Macbeth'
Who is Thomas Middleton?
600
Year Much Ado was first published
What is 1600?
600
During her 'mad' scene, Ophelia hands out this particular flower, saying: 'you must wear your ... with a difference'. It is a flower symbolising regret.
What is rue?
600
Helena's father is mentioned but does not appear. His name is
Who is Nedar?
600
William Kemp was the resident actor in Shakespeare's playing company who played the clown characters until he left in 1599. He went on to perform a morris dance from London to Norwich. Name the character he played in Romeo and Juliet.
Who is Peter?
fun fact: in the 1599 edition (the second quarto) of Romeo and Juliet, at the end of scene 17 a stage direction instructs “Enter Will Kempe” instead of "enter Peter".
