Which two monarchs reigned while Shakespeare was alive?
Queen Elizabeth 1 and King James 1 and 4
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Who did Shakespeare marry in Nov 1852? How many children did they have?
Anne Hathaway. 3 children (Suzanne, Hamnet, Judith)
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What else did I write?
Poetry
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How many words Did Shakespeare use? How many do we use today?
Shakespeare used 31,534 words in his plays
Modern English speakers know between 1000-2000 words
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Who played the female roles? Why?
Young boys because acting was not seen as a respectable profession for women.
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What was the period that Queen Elizabeth reigned called?
The Elizabethan period
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What 3 professions am I famous for?
Actor, poet, playwright
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What is the main difference between a Shakespearean comedy and a Shakespearean tragedy?
In a comedy everybody gets married at the end and in a tragedy everybody dies at the end
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Write three famous quotations from Shakespeare on the board
Teacher to award points
300
What theatre company did Shakespeare join in 1594? What did they change their name to later and why?
The Lord Chamberlain's Men
Changed to the King's Men in 1603 because King James became their sponsor
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What was the period that King James reigned called?
The Jacobean period
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What date did I die? How old was I?
23 April 1616, age 53
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Give the names of two comedy plays and two tragedy plays
Teacher gives the points
400
Give the proper versions of these shortened words:
'tis, ne'er, i' e'en
It is, Never, In, Just Now (will accept Carefully)
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How did Shakespeare's plays get handed down to later audiences?
Eighteen of Shakespeare's plays exist what are known as quarto versions (hand-written scripts). The other way the plays have come down to us is what is called the First Folio (published in 1623). After Shakespeare's death in 1616, two of Shakespeare's fellow actors printed 36 of the 38 plays in a large book.
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Between what years were the theatres in London closed down and why?
Between 1593 and 1594 due to the spread of the black death (bubonic plague)
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How many brothers and sisters did Shakespeare have? Name them all!
Name 2 history plays, 2 romances and 2 tragicomedies
Teacher gives the points
500
What are the Elizabethan meanings for the words:
Afeared, Gorbellied, Hugger-Mugger, Pard and Sans
Afraid, Big belly, confused or disorderly (will accept secret) panther or leopard, without
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Where did Shakespeare get his ideas from?
Most of the ideas for Shakespeare's plays came from earlier versions of the stories, but he also used his imagination a lot!
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What happened to the theatre companies when the theatres were closed down?
Many of them left London to travel and show their plays in the rest of the country. Shakespeare also used this time to write his poetry to try to sell to make money.