intro to shakespeare and hamlet

Stratford-upon-Avon

where Shakespeare was baptized and believed to be born

Anne Hathaway

Shakespeare’s wife

The Globe

name of Shakespeare’s theater

Queen Elizabeth I

monarch who supported the theater

Civil Harmony

theme which is made through allusions to the War of the Roses

Blood Mary

nickname for Queen Mary of Scots

Southwark

Bankside, outside of city limits

Age of Discovery

the pursuit of scientific knowledge and exploration of human nature

Judith

Shakespeare’s daughter

Pit

where the groundlings were in the theater

Lord Chamberlain’s Men

theater company’s name that Shakespeare joined when he moved to London

3,000

the globe could hold:

Burned down

in 1613, the globe

Renaissance

the __ was in full swing during Queen Elizabeth I’s reign

Protestant Reformation

when Elizabeth took over after her sister Mary, she created the

James Burbage

who built The Theater and was one of the lead roles in many of Shakespeare’s plays?

37

how many plays are accredited to Shakespeare?

Christopher Marlowe

who was one of Shakespeare's contemporary playwrights who looked down upon him?