Shakespeare

The Theatre was torn down and re-erected in ___ as ___ (still Lord Chamberlain's Men at this time).

1599, the Globe

The Globe held approx. ___ people (huge for its time).

3,000

Shakespeare wrote approx. ___ plays and many sonnets.

37

James wrote a book on witchcraft called ___ in 1599

Demonology (Daemonoligie)

Open area in front of stage, standing room only, was for the ___. This group attracted a large collection of pickpockets, gamblers, harlotes, and other miscreants.

Groundlings

Shakespeare's first play was ___ in 1590; his last was ___ in 1612.

Henry VI, Henry VIII

June 1613: The Globe burns down during a performance of ___.

Henry VIII

Literature written during James I's reign is referred to as ___.

Jacobean

James I (b. 1566 - d. 1625) (r. 1603 - 1625 as James I of England) Known as ___.

Jacobean Period

The first permanent public theater was built by ___ and erected un the London suburb of ___ and opened its doors in ___. It was simply called ___.

James Burbage, Shoreditch, 1576, The Theater

James was also king of Scotland when he became king of England. In Scotland, he is ___; in England, he is ___.

James, VI, James I

1594: Shakespeare joined ___ (acting troupe which became ___ when ___ (of the Stuart line) came to power in 1603 after Elizabeth I (Tudor line) died.

Lord Chamberlain's Men, The King's Men, James I

Shakespeare wrote ___ as an homage to James I, who was fascinated by witchcraft and the occult.

Macbeth

The Globe was rebuilt after burning in 1613, but later closed and torn down (1644) during the era of the ___ (Oliver Cromwell).

Roundheads

___ remains the best known of Elizabethan theatres.

The Globe

Two theaters, ___ and ___, were opened in the Bankside district of ___.

The Rose, The Swan, Southwark

Shakespeare wrote ___.

comedies, tragedies, and histories

a play in which the main character, or tragic hero, comes to an unhappy end. He/she is usually destroyed by the environment/conflict of the play due to the fact that he/she doesn't undergo the change, or catharsis, necessary to survive the conflict.

tragedy

Because the hero can't or won't change, they're destroyed by the circumstances. Known as?

tragic flaw

Women were not allowed to perform; the roles of women were played by ___.

young male actors