Shakespeare
In _____, King James I was crowned and Shakespeare and his men were called the _____ _____
1603; King's men
Summer of _____, the Globe Theatre was destroy by _____
1613; fire
Born?
April 23, 1564
_____ _____, a man who had been his severest critic, greatest rival, and good friend, was instrumental in putting together the folio of Shakespeare's work
Ben Jonson
Plays divided into genres of _____, _____, and _____
Comedies; tragedies; histories
Shakespeare lived through the _____ era
Elizabethan
Globe Theatre was located in _____ _____
Southwark London
Born in
Stratford upon Avon
Shakespeare's wealth left for _____
Susanna
Shakespeare's children
Susanna, Hamnet, Judith
Nicknamed
The Bard
Became London's famous leading _____
actor
GT caught on fire because of a _____ during a play
canon
Globe Theatre only performed during _____ and was a _____ show
daytime; public
A fascination with _____ resonates throughout Shakespeare's plays
death
Shakespeare's son _____
died
Demand of plays declined, so he began to write
poems
Best _____ to write in England
poet
Shakespeare described himself as a _____
poet
GT could only use _____, _____, and _____
props; special effect; costumes
Historians ordered plays based on Shakespeare's _____ in his plays
references
The beuatiful young man and the dark woman are both _____
resenting
The GT has no _____ and _____
scenery; props
Some of the most well known and most beautiful love poetry in the English language is found in Shakespeare's _____
sonnets
_____ are elaborate exercises in the technical skills of writing poetry
sonnets
5 words he created
Alligator; jaded; puke; zany; lonely
Shakespeare died
April 23, 1616
Shakespeare was buried
April 25, 1616
He left Anne with the _____ _____ _____ after his death
second best bed
_____-_____, London theatres closed because of _____
1592; 1594; plague
_____-_____, Shakespeare wrote average _____ plays per year
1594; 1608; 2
Shakespeare was in London in _____
1592
Educated up until age _____
14
Susanna born
1583
Hamnet and Judith born
1585
GT torn down in _____
1634
Last descendant died _____
1670
Married Anne Hathaway at age _____ in _____
18; 1582
Shakespeare was in London for how many years?
20 years
_____ replicas of Globe Theatre in _____ and _____
2; Tokyo; London
Globe Theatre had _____ levels of galleries
3
Globe Theatre was _____ high
32 ft.
Wrote _____ plays
37+
After _____ years, Shakespeare still has the power to affect people's lives
400
Shakespeare and _____ associates became owners of the _____ _____ in _____
6; Globe Theatre; 1599
Anne Hathaway, his wife, was _____ years older than William
8
In the last _____ years of his life, he only wrote _____ plays
8; 4
Shakespeare's theatre?
Globe Theatre
John Shakespeare was a ______ and a _____ _____
Glover; letter worker
One of Shakepeare's first plays
Henry VI Part I
Wrote sonnets in what meter?
Iambic Pentameter
GT caught on fire on _____ _____, _____
June 29, 1613
Shakespeare's one tool to build scenery
Language
10 years after marrying Anne, Shakespeare worked in _____
London
Between 1603 and 1604, Shakespeare wrote the tragedies _____, _____, and _____ _____
Othello; Macbeth; King Lear
Some of his plays are _____, _____, _____, _____, _____
Romeo and Juliet; Macbeth; Hamlet; King Lear; The Tempest
Described as the greatest _____
dramatist
He left his own _____
epithet
Toward the end of the 1590's, Shakespeare began to write plays of a greater depth, that seemed to reflect the _____ of his _____
experiences; life
GT had no _____ actors
female
Jonson describes his as _____ _____ and _____ _____ of heaven
gentle Shakespeare; sweet swan
The poor that attended shows at the Globe Theatre were called _____
groundlings
Shakespeare spent most of his time in Elizabethan _____
homes
Mary Shakespeare was a _____ and _____ woman
lively; intelligent
The early years of Shakespeare are also known as the _____ years
lost
Shakespeare's marriage was _____
loveless
Women parts were played by _____
men
by the 1600's, Shakespeare was becoming a better and better _____observer of _____
observer; life
Courtyard area of GT was called the _____
pit
William was the _____ child and _____ son of John and Mary Shakespeare
third; first
The tragedies give us a tantalizing glimpse into Shakespeare's character - his innermost _____ and deepest _____
thoughts; emotions
Shakespeare's first taste of the theatre was undoubtedly watching the _____ _____
traveling plays
His mother was from a decently _____ family
wealthy
Shakespeare's lives today through the _____ of his _____
words; plays