Who is Shakespeare?
Where was Shakespeare born?
Stratford-Upon-Avon
What is the name given to the casual, conversational dialogue in Shakespeare's plays?
Prose
Perhaps Shakespeare's best known tragedy. Involves two teenagers from rival families who fall in love.
Romeo & Juliet
What is the name of Shakespeare's theater?
The Globe
Who did Shakespeare marry?
What is the name given to the poetic, rhythmic language in Shakespeare's dialogue?
Verse
A Midsummer Night's Dream is an example of one of Shakespeare's _______________.
Comedies
What is the name of Shakespeare's acting troupe?
What were the names of Shakespeare's kids?
Susanna, Judith, Hamnet
What is Hamlet considering in his "To Be or Not to Be" soliloquy?
To live or to die
Histories
What are the differences between the tragedies, comedies, and histories?
Tragedy- Sad
Comedy- Funny
History- Based on real people
Around when was Shakespeare born?
April 23-26 1564
What is the name given to the short/long/short/long rhythm Shakespeare frequently wrote in?
Iambic Pentameter
True or False
Titus Andronicus is one of Shakespeare's first plays.
TRUE
Writer of Doctor Faustus and one of Shakespeare's biggest contemporaries.
Christopher Marlowe
What did Shakespeare's father do for a living?
He was a glovemaker
What was the form of poetry that Shakespeare occasionally wrote in?
Sonnets
Shakespeare's more controversial plays are also referred to as the _______________________.
Problem Plays
Name at least one special feature of Shakespeare's theater.
Trap door, flagpole, open air, levels, pit, gallery seats, thatched roof, candlelit (indoor theater)