William Shakespeare: A Life of Drama
in the summer of ______, the ______ was destroyed
1613/ Globe
______ ______ became Shakespeares wife.
Anne Hathaway
______, Shakespeare's greatest rival and good friend, laid tribute to him by writing/saying "..."
Ben Johnson/ "he was not of an age but for all"
In the last group of sonnets, there is a woman who is always known as the
Dark Lady
Some of the most well-known and most beautiful love poetry in the English language is found in Shakespeare's...
Sonnets
He was born on _______, 1564
Spring
A new theater was built but without ______.
William Shakespeare
It was Shakespeare's experience as an ______ that added so much to his skill as a ______
actor/ playwrite
Shakespeare remains the very greatest, enduring for ______. His writing is his ______ to the world.
all time/ legacy
the writer of these plays was a man who understands ______ very well.
anger
His will is an ______ document. He empowered his daughters ______ and her husband ______, a physician
angry/ Susanna/ John Hall
He lived away from his family while writing these play. As an actor and a member of the acting company, he had to be on _____ everyday of the week.
call
There are many ______ stories about what he did when he was in his 20's. Some of the following are suggested:
conflicted/ soldier sailor school master traveled to Italy
in his middle age, Shakespeare became more and more concerned about his relationship with his______.
daughters
Shakespeare's plays show a fascination with...
death
William Shakespeare is the greatest ________ the English language has known
playwrite
Through the 1590s, Shakespeare wrote ______, ______, and ______, including the early comedies and history plays.
poems/ sonnets/ plays
Shakespeare describes himself as a ______, NOT a ______, NOT an ______.
poet/ playwrite/ actor
He left his wife their _____ in the Strafford home.
second best bed
he owned the _____largest house in ______ and was a respected figure in the town.
second/ Strafford
the subjects of his plays were taken from many different ______, even from existing ______.
sources/ plays
his plays are full of things which go on speaking to people as long as human beings are human beings and have ______ and ______.
sufferings/ longings
In 1593 and 1594, William Shakespeare dedicated two poems to the...
Earl of South Hampton
While living in London he kept to himself. He worked hard ______ in the mornings and ______ in the afternoons.
rehearsing/ performing
By 1592 Shakespeare was an established...
playwrite
Globe Theater was in the heart of the city and Shakespeare was part-owner. His ______ share was valuable and made him his fortune. The first play performed in the theater was ____________ by Shakespeare.
10%/ Julius Cesar
Shakespeare's son Hamnet dies at age...
11
He probably went to school until the age of _____ or _____
14/15
She became pregnant with his child when he was only ______ years. They obtained a special license and got married _____ months before the child was born.
18/ 6
We do know that he had ______ children. His daughter _____ has been born after his wedding.
3/ Suzanna
He produced ______ plays while in London for ______ years.
37/ 20
He was the ______ child and _____ son born to ______ and ______ Shakespeare.
3rd/ 1st/ John/ Mary
Acting was officially banned throughout the _____ days of ______. This was the only time that shakespeare could go home and see the family.
40/ lint
She was ______ years older than be
8
Shakespeare's trip tore down the old theater and transported it plank by plank across the river and built a new theater called the ______ ______.
Globe Theater
the globe was burned to the ground during the performance of ______, leaving nothing behind
Henry the 8th
Shakespeare was required to speak ______ in school.
Latin
Between 1604 and 1607 what 3 plays did Shakespeare write
Othello, Macbeth, and King Lear
throughout his later plays, he present us with a father who is preoccupied with his daughters. this can be seen in the following:
Pericles Cymbeline The Winter's Tales The Tempest
In ______ ______ the character Ocino gives this advice, "..."
Twelfth Night/ Don't mary an older woman
Two years after Susanna was born, ______ were born; they were named ______ and ______
Twins/ Hamnet/ Judith
Shakespeare did not go to ______ because his father's financial situation had gotten worse.
University
His mother was an intelligent woman. She was a great influence on William, and as a child, he lived a very _____ life. Because of his father's position, he was educated at the local school.
disciplined
By the 1600s, Shakespeare was writing more profound and ______ plays.
disturbing
he was about to create some of the greatest ______ that have ever been written.
dramas
He had to write in the ______, which was a huge cost; therefore, he probably spent most of his time in ______ pubs, because he got automatic light along with his meal.
evenings/ Elizabethan
His father was a _____ and leather worker. He improved his living and made his way up the ladder by ______ and wool dealing.
glover/ money-lending
Shakespeare's new playwriting career was repeatedly ______ by these devastating outbreaks of the plague.
halted
almost all of shakespeare's plays are based on ______ or in already written fiction.
history
Shakespeare's audiences relied on their ______.
imaginations
His older sisters died of _____.
infancy
Shakespeare's early years are knows as the _____ years.
lost
Shakespeare writes about ______, ______, ______, ______.
love/ death/ jealousy/ hate
There are not many happy ______ in Shakespeare's plays, perhaps because of the relationship he had with Anne Hathaway.
marriages
All women's parts were played by______.
men
Throughout the 1590's London was threatened by several serious outbreaks of the ______. At its height, it was killing ______ people a week. If you showed symptoms, you stood a ______ chance of dying.
plague/ 1k/ 70%
But it was the ______ that called him back again and again, demanding more and better scripts each time.
theater
the tragedies give us a glimpse into Shakespeare's character, his innermost ______ and deepest ______.
thoughts/ emotions
the black lady is considered _____ and______, she is a _____ where all men ride _____ and _____.
treacherous/ duliptious/ bay/ ugly/ dreadful
shakespeare retired a ______ man. he was a ______, a ______, and a ______.
wealthy/ gentleman/ businessman/ landowner
Many of the sonnets are written to a ______ ______, some day the Earl of South Hampton. Some say they were ______. By today's standards, The Earl would have been considered ______ during his youth.
young man/ lovers/ homosexual