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Family
Young Shakespeare
Globe Theatre
Literary Works
will.i.am
100
number of siblings and place William held
What is eight and third
100
date of Shakespeare's birth and death
What is April 23, 1564 / 1616
100
Define the term, groundling
What is a spectator or reader of inferior taste, such as a member of a theater audience who traditionally stood in the pit below the stage.
100
number of plays, sonnets, and narratives
What is 38, 154, & 2
100
"Love all, trust a few, do wrong to _____." (rhymes with "sun")
What is none
200
father's name and occupation
Who is John Shakespeare and a glove maker / tradesman
200
how scholars identified Shakespeare's birthdate
What is a time period in which infants were baptized three days after their birth (Shakespeare's baptism was recorded on April 26, 1564.)
200
Name of the original theatre company and name given later
What is Lord Chamberlain's Men / King's Men
200
play with the character, Friar Lawrence
What is "The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet"
200
"If music be the food of ______, play on." (rhymes with "above")
What is love
300
children's names (in order of birth)
Who are Susanna / Hamnet / Judith
300
birth town
What is Stratford-upon-Avon
300
tragedy that destroyed the original Globe Theatre
What is a fire
300
Fill in the blanks. "All the world's a _______, / And all the men and women merely ________"
What is stage / players ("The Seven Ages of Man")
300
"It is not in the ______ to hold our destiny, but in ourselves." (rhymes with "cars".)
What is stars
400
wife's name
Who is Anne Hathaway
400
possible job held other than a writer during his late teenage years
What is a teacher
400
another name given to the Globe Theatre
What is Wooden O
400
curious detail about male actors during Shakespeare's era
What is playing female roles
400
"No ________ is so rich as honesty." (rhymes with "remedy")
What is legacy
500
age difference between William and his wife
What is eight years
500
Shakespeare lived during the reigns of...
Who are Elizabeth I and James I
500
Referred to as the backdrop and props during the plays
What is imagination and actors' exaggerated gestures
500
Shakespeare's shortest play
What is "The Comedy of Errors"
500
"Love is a smoke made with the fume of ______." (rhymes with "flies")
What is sighs