Family
Shakespeare's only son, who died at 11 years old in 1596
Who was Hamnet?
The town where Shakespeare was born and raised
What is Stratford upon Avon?
The monarch of England during Shakespeare's childhood and early adult life
Who is Elizabeth I?
Fashionable gentlemen paid two shillings to sit here
What is the side of the stage?
What is The Reformation?
Shakespeare's oldest daughter, born in 1583, who later married a prosperous doctor
Who is Susanna?
The playhouse built in 1599, that burned down during a performance of Henry VIII in 1613
What is The Globe?
The king of Scotland, who acceded to the English throne in 1603
Who is James I?
A major financial asset for theater companies, often handed down from nobility
What are costumes?
A disease that frequently broke out in England, including in Shakespeare's hometown in 1564, killing over 1/4 of the people living there.
What is the bubonic plague?
Shakespeare's wife, who was six years older than the playwright.
Who is Anne Hathaway?
The indoor theater Shakespeare's troupe performed in beginning in 1609
What is Blackfriars?
Famous English sailor who circumnavigated the earth in 1579
Who is Sir Francis Drake?
The part of the theater that allowed access to "hell" in plays like Hamlet
What is the trapdoor?
Tyndale's translation of this book was smuggled into England in 1525 and became the basis for later translations.
What is The Bible?
One of the public offices held by John Shakespeare, the author's father
What is alderman or bailiff (mayor)?
The country that tried to invade England by sea in 1588.
What is Spain?
Roderigo Lopez
Who was the queen's Jewish doctor?
These actors performed comic female roles, like the Nurse in Romeo and Juliet
Who are clowns (or comic male actors)?
The Groom of the Stool
What is the person who disposed of the monarch's waste?
Gilbert, Richard, and Edmund
Who were Shakespeare's younger brothers?
The country where a major witch hunt took place in the 1590s
What is Scotland?
Shakespeare's frequent collaborator, who co-wrote The Two Noble Kinsmen with him
John Fletcher
Where the cheapest seats in the theater were located
What is "the pit" or standing room?
The queen's cousin and closest heir, executed in 1587
Who is Mary, Queen of Scots?