Shakespeare the Basics
The name of Shakespeare's wife.
What is Anne Hathaway?
The number of plays Shakespeare wrote. Go with the higher number.
What is 38?
Women didn't play the role of female characters in Shakespeare's time. ... played the female parts.
What is young boys?
William Shakespeare contributed over ... words to the English language.
What is 1700?
For a single ..., you too could attend a Shakespeare play.
What is a penny?
Shakespeare had ... children.
What is 3?
The three types of plays Shakespeare wrote.
What are tragedies, comedies, and histories?
Their behavior was often rowdy and boisterous during plays, even booing, cheering, and throwing things at the players on stage.
Who are the groundlings?
She was the ruler of England when Shakespeare was born.
Who is Elizabeth I?
We call them actors. They called them...
What are players?
The city where Shakespeare was born.
What is Stratford upon Avon?
Shakespeare's most famous play.
What is The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet?
The Globe Theatre burned down on June 29, 1613, during a performance of ...
What is Henry VIII?
Shakespeare's outdoor theatre.
What is the Globe?
Shakespeare's indoor theatre.
What is the Blackfriars Theatre?
The name of Shakespeare's mother. (First and Last)
Mary Arden
Shakespeare was ... when he wrote his first play.
What is 25?
Plays were performed in open-air conditions, meaning audiences and actors would sometimes get ... if the weather didn't cooperate.
What is wet?
During Shakespeare's lifetime, this major disaster caused the London theatres to close twice.
What is the plague?
Shakespeare was born in April of 1564 and died in ... (month and year)
What is April 1616?
This is where Shakespeare is buried.
What is the Holy Trinity Church?
Shakespeare wrote his plays in... a rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.
What is iambic pentameter?
The Lord Chamberlain's Men consisted of ... players.
What is 8?
Shakespeare's father was a skilled craftsman in ...
What is leather/glove making?
Other popular playwrights during this time did not like Shakespeare for this reason.
What is because he didn't attend university?