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Shakespeare
Shakespeare's life and achievements
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9th Grade
03/04/2013

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How many siblings did shakespeare have?
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7
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What were shakespears parents names?
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Mary Arden; John Shakespeare
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When was he born?
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April 23,1564
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When did he die?
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April 23,1616
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How old was he when he died?
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52
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What were his children named?
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Susanna, Judith, Hamnet
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How many kids did he have?
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3
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Who died of the plague? What age?
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Hamnet, 12
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Who did he marry?
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Anne Hathaway
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Where was he born?
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Stratford-upon-avon
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Where did he die?
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Stratford-upon-avon
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what were the jobs of John Shakespeare?
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Landowner, shopkeeper, glove maker, bailiff
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What year was he recognized as a successful actor?
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1592
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What groups was he apart of?
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Chamberlains men and the kings men
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What was his new house called?
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New placepall accede
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Where was he buried?
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The church of holy trinity
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What did he revolutionize? And with what?
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English theater and with his dramatics
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What was he famous for?
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Acting
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name two of the men in the chamberlain's men:
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Thomas Pope, Richard Burbage, John Heminges, Henry Condell, John Underwood, Edward Alleyn, Richard Cowley, Augustine Phillips, Robert Gough, Will Sly, Will Shakespeare
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When was most of London burned down?
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1616
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An Elizabethan actor had to an expert in?
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Fencing, tumbiling, dancing, elocution, acting, music
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How many plays did he write?
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At least 38
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Wht did his mother inherit and bequeath to him?
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Land
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How much older was Anne hawthaway from William?
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8yrs older
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At what age did he quit school?
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15yrs old
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Shakespeares religion:
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Catholic
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How many of his siblings died of the plague?
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2
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What did he study in his youth?
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Latin, mythology, Ovid, plutarch's lives, ect.
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True or false: all of his plays were original
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False. None were
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True or false: did not live in London most of his life.
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False. He lived there until retirement
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True or false: he was the third largest landowner in Stratford
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True. Thanks to his mother
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True or false: went to London to study theater
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True.
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where and when did he retire?
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Stratford-upon-Avon around 1611-1616
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Was it against the law for women to act?
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Yes. They were thought of prostitutes if they worked on the poor side of town
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What river bisected the city?
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The Thames
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What was the north side known as?
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The rich side
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Why did theaters fly flags?
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To show that there was a play showing
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Why did people shut down the theaters?
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The plague
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Who was his first sponsor? During the plague?
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Earl of Northumberland
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Who played women parts?
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Young boys
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What royals sponsored Shakespeare?
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Queen Elizabeth 1 and James 1
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What is King Henry VIII's religion?
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Protestant
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Why did king Henry VIII have 6 wives?
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None of them gave him a son
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1st wife of king henry VIII;
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Catherine, married 10 yrs
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2nd wife of king henry VIII:
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Anne Boleyn
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Anne was beheaded for what?
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Treason
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Who became kiSg and at what age?
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Edward, 9yrs
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Mary I:
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Bloody Mary; queen of Scotland tried to become queen of England. Killed many that were not catholic. Mary and Elizabeth were cousins
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True or false: Elizabeth became queen
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True. Became elizabeth I
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Elizabeth I:
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Virgin queen. Never married. Most influential queen ever. Sponsored Shakespeare
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James I:
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Son of Mary. Became king after Elizabeth I died. Changed the Chamberlains men to the Kings men. Fond of poetry. Had the bible translated to English.
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Queen Elizabeth I ruled from:
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1558-1603
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James I ruled from:
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1603-1625
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Blank verse
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Unrymed iambic pentameter
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Iambic rhythm:
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Iambic closly mimics what?
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Human speech
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How long did the shows last?
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About 2 1/2 hours
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What time of day did the plays start?
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The afternoon
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Did the plays have acts?
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No but they had many intermissions
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How was the end of the scene showed?
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Every actor left the stage
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Did the theater have scenery?
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No the had props. Many props
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Where was the prologue?
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The begenning
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Devices: trap doors,scaffolding
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Aside
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Incorporated the audience. Breaking the 4th wall
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Soliloquy
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All by himself. Hear what the actor is the thinkin. longer aside
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What were used alot in theater?
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Lots of action. Dueling. Murders. Puns were used. Good wins against evil. Wit. Lots of noise. Music. Shouting. And sound effects.
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Earthy humor
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Making jokes about insects, potty humor, jokes about sex, not refined, real life- related to matters of " down to earth" dirty jokes. Very blunt
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patroitism
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Was a huge issue, made the royals look good.
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Some famous Elizabethan theaters:
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"The Theater" 

"The Swan"

"The Globe"

"The Blackfriars"

"The Whitehall"

"The Fortune"

"The Rose"

"The Curtain"

shakespeare perforemed in all of them

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The stage:
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Roof over top of the stage. "Open court" had no celing.
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Names of the people who paid a penny to get in:
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Penny public

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Galleries:
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Surrounded the open court and stage and had a roof. Was for the people who were noble
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Where was the inner stage located?
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Behind the front stage and away from the crowds
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Roof on stage was called?
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Hevans or shadows. Made to protect from bad weather
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