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| When - or about when - was William Shakespeare born? |
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| On or about April 23, 1564 |
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| Who was WS's father, and what did he do for a living? |
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| John Shakespeare. He was a glover by trade. |
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| Mary Arden(one of eight daughters of Robert Arden, a substitantial yeoman farmer) |
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| Who was WS's wife, and which class did she come from? |
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| Anne Hathaway.(Came from a well-respected yeoman family) = Same class as him. |
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| How old was WS when he married, and which year? |
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| He was a little more than 18 (Anne was 26), towards the end of 1582. |
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| Susanna and the twins Hamnet and Judith. |
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| Which of WS's children died, and at what age? |
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| Hamnet. At the age of 11 (in 1596). |
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| How did WS defy the Great Chain of Being? |
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He moved from one rank to another, which was against the tradition:
Middle Class -> Actors -> (almost) The Nobles |
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| In which year did WS join the group whose duties included the provision of entertainment at the Court? What was this group called? |
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| From 1594, WS was one of the Chamberlain's Men. |
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Which theatre was WS a sharer in in 1589?
Which other theatre was he a proprietor of at the same time? |
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| The Blackfriars Theatre. Subsequently, he was one of the proprietors of the Globe Theatre. |
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| When and where was the Globe Theatre built? |
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| What happened to the Globe Theatre later on, and when? (3 events) |
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1: It burnt down in 1613
2: It was later rebuilt
3: It was destroyed by Puritans in 1649. |
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1: Romeo and Juliet
2: A Midsummer Night's Dream
3: The Merchant of Venice
4: Hamlet
5: Macbeth
6: Julius Caesar |
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How many plays did WS write?
How many sonnets?
How many narrative poems? |
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37 plays
154 sonnets
5 narrative poems |
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| At what age did William Shakespeare die, and what was the date? |
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He died at the age of 52.
On April 23, 1616 (his birthday). |
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| How was the theatres sexist at Queen Elizabeth I's time? |
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| No women played in the theatre (female parts were taken by boys whose voices had not yet changed. Female actors would be seen as whores.) |
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| What were the 3 known neighbours of the Globe Theatre? |
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1: A fish market
2: A brothel
3: A bear pit |
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| What were the 4 different sections of the stage called? |
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1: The Long Front Stage
2: The Inner Stage
3: The Balcony
4: The Upper Balcony |
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| How did the Great Chain of Being rank human society? |
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1: The Monarch
2: The Nobles
3: The Middle Class
4: The Peasants
5: The Poor (incl. musicians)
6: The Criminals
7: The Actors |
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| Who decided which role you would play in the Great Chain of Being? |
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| The Elizabethans believed that you were born into a role depending on which role God wanted you to have. |
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| How was Queen Elizabeth I different from previous monarchs? |
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* She supported the theatre and acting.
* She refused to get married because she believed that her husband would only take advantage of her and take over her role as monarch
* Refused to have children for the same reason
* She accepted both Anglican and Catholic Christianity
* Separated church and state
* Appreciated art |
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| Who were Queen Elizabeth I's parents? |
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| King Henry VIII and Ann Boleyn |
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| What was Queen Elizabeth I's surname? |
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| How many times did King Henry VIII marry? What were the fates of his wives? |
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He married 6 women.
1:Divourced 2:Beheaded 3:Died 4:Divourced 5:Beheaded 6:Outlived him |
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| In what type of English were WS's plays written? How were they structured? |
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In Modern English.
5 acts, all ended with a rhyming couplet. |
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| In WS's plays, what characters spoke in poetry? |
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* Monarchy
* Nobles
* Magical Creatures
* Soothsayers |
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