life and times of shakespeare

april 23, 1564

Shakespeare's birthday

April 26, 1564

Shakespeare's baptism

April 23, 1616

Shakespeare's death

November 1582

Married Anne Hathaway

1610

Shakespeare retired

May 1583

Daughter Susanna born

February 1585

hamnet and judith baptized

quarto

book made up of pages cut from sheets which have been folded 2x to produce 4 pages per sheet

blank verse

unrhymed iambic pentameter

Folio

a book consisting of large sheets of folded paper in 2 halves

playwright

a person who writes plays

Soliloquy

A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage

player

another name for actor or actress

Aside

a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage

how many plays were in the first folio?

36

what are the 3 genres of Shakespeares plays? (in the first folio)

comedy, history, tragedy

Theaters of today to then

few props, new have good lighting

other theaters than the globe

the swan, the theater