Theaters highlighted in purple are the ones that Dr. Boswell said in class that we "should know".
Shakespeare birth date
April 23, 1564
name of the play performed by the mechanicals
A tedious brief scene of young Pyramus and his love Thisbe, very tragical mirth
The Rose builder
Phillip Henslowe
theater built with the materials of the original ___
they were carried across the ___
The Globe
Theatre, River Thames
The Globe flag symbol
atlas
The Swan flag symbol
swan
first theater built on the southern bank of the ___
The Rose
Thames
___ foundation was confirmed by archaeologists in ___
The Rose, 1989
Shakespeare baptism date
April 26, 1564
baptism dates are usually within ___ days of birth
three
St. George’s Day
April 23
the date celebrating the patron saint of England
Shakespeare mother
Mary (née Arden) Shakespeare
Shakespeare father
John Shakespeare
Shakespeare was his parents’ ___ child and ___ son
third, first
Shakespeare father occupation
whittawer, wool trader, money-lender, brewer of malt, town alderman, bailiff
whittawer
a glover; someone who tans the hides of animals and makes/sells soft leather goods
bailiff
equivalent of mayor for a small town
Shakespeare birthplace
Stratford-Upon-Avon
Shakespeare left the ___ bed for his wife, as it was the ___ bed. guests received the ___ bed
second-best, marital, best
___ was very high when Shakespeare was born. ___ died within the first week and ___ died within the first month
infant mortality, 9%, 11%
in Shakespeare’s birthplace, there were ___ annual baptisms, and almost as many burials
63
Shakespeare death date
April 23, 1616
potentially referred to as ___
“The Bard of Avon”
bard
literary term for poet
rhapsode
literary term for poet
Greek
In The Odyssey
Scop
literary term for poet
Anglo-Saxon
within ___ months of Shakespeare’s birth, a ___ hit (___ Plague)
three, pandemic, Bubonic
as a result, his family moved to the countryside
Shakespeare was never a victim of the Bubonic plague
his brother was not so fortunate
in London, the lifespan was very low
Shakespeare’s ___ has a curse on it
tombstone
we don’t think Shakespeare’s ___ is intact, because ___ was big in the ___ century
skeleton, grave robbing, 19th
some admitted to stealing his skull
two major reasons for grave robbing
medical students had to do it (the hospitals wouldn’t provide bodies for them)
science was becoming bigger (biology, telekinesis, phrenology)
phrenology
pseudoscience in which people thought they could deduce something about someone from the bumps on their head
the school Shakespeare probably attended (it was an institution established for the ___ of ___ citizens)
the local Stratford grammar school, sons, prominent
Shakespeare attended school from attended from ___ to ___ with only a break for ___ and ___
6 AM, 5 PM, lunch, recess
at school, Shakespeare would have learned ___ and read the ___ authors extensively
Latin, Roman
Shakespeare may have helped his father, learning ___ and ___ practices
agricultural, mercantile
Shakespeare grew up with ___ younger siblings
four
Shakespeare younger siblings names
Gilbert, Edmund, Richard, and Joan
___ of Shakespeare’s siblings died (___ older, ___ younger)
three, two, one
Shakespeare’s dead siblings names
Joan, Margaret (older), Anne (younger)
died in infancy or youth
Shakespeare married ___
Anne Hathaway
Shakespeare marriage year
1582
Shakespeare marriage age
18
Shakespeare’s wife marriage age
26
Shakespeare’s wife birth year
1555/56
Shakespeare’s wife death year
1623
Shakespeare had ___ kids named ___
three, Susanna, Hamnet, Judith
Shakespeare’s first child name/birth month
Susanna, May 1583
Shakespeare’s twins names/birth year
Hamnet and Judith, 1585
Shakespeare’s child that died name / age of death / cause of death
Hamnet / 11 / Bubonic Plague
Shakespeare retired from theater in ___
1610
when Shakespeare retired from theater, he returned to ___ to live with ___
Stratford, Anne
the ___, ___, ___, and ___ are all part of the enjoyment and pleasure in reading Shakespeare’s plays and sonnets
word play, imagery, syntax, verse forms
“you”
normally used in the plural and when speaking to someone with social superiority or an elder, like a parent
connotes formality
“thou”
used for talking to a social inferior, children, or loved ones
implied familiarity
“ye” and “thee”
objective case pronouns for “you” and “thou”
if a character switches from “___” to “___”, that signals a ___
happens quite frequently in ___ between ___ and ___
you, thou, shift
The Taming of the Shrew, Petruchio, Katherine
Shakespeare’s vocabulary seems to have been about ___ words, nearly ___ that of an average ___ college student
29,000, twice, American
Shakespeare was known for ___, which were coming into English from a number of fields, mostly ___ forms
Latin had been the language of use in the ___ and ___
neologisms, Latin
chuch, government
three kinds of evidence to determine original pronunciation
the observations made by people who were writing in the language at the time
there were several people at the time who commented on how words rhymed
the spellings that people used at the time
the spellings were a much better guide back then than they are today
absolutely critical: there are rhymes and puns which don’t work in modern English that do work in original pronunciation
Old English timeline
500 - 1100
Old English writing
Cædmon's Hymn (660s)
Beowulf (700s)
name of poem, not poet
Middle English timeline
1100 - 1500
Middle English writing
Chaucer Canterbury Tales (1343 - 1400)
Early Modern English timeline
1500 - 1800
Early Modern English writing
Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Late Modern English timeline
1800 - present
“The Great Vowel Shift” timeline
1350 - 1700
[includes description]
flag:
says if there is a play or not
plays run rain or shine at 2:00 pm
black flag for tragedy, white for comedy, red for history
[includes description]
hut:
encloses things for special effects (e.g. lights, sounds, lowering actors)
upper gallery
middle gallery
lower gallery
roof / canopy
terrace
doors for actors / discovery space
hell
trap door
tiring rooms / dressing rooms
pit
corridor that goes behind benches
upper stage characteristics
action
musicians
seating (bad view)
how much it cost to sit in a gallery
2 pence / 3 pence
how much it cost to stand
1 pence
how much it cost to rent a cushion
1 pence
Elizabethan
Reign of Queen Elizabeth I
birth year of Queen Elizabeth I
1533
when/why did Queen Elizabeth I ascend the throne
1559, at the death of her older sister
death year of Queen Elizabeth I
1603
when Queen Elizabeth I died, she had no ___ because she never ___
for this reason, she was known as the ______.
heir, married, Virgin Queen
Queen Elizabeth I’s throne went to ____
her closest relative, King James I of England
birth year of King James I of England
1566
when/why did King James I of England ascend the throne
1603, because Queen Elizabeth I died
King James I of England was king until ___, because of ___
1625, his death
death year of King James I of England
1625
Jacobean
Latin cognate of James
English is not the only ___; drama goes back ___
drama tradition, centuries
the earliest plays were ___
mortality plays
mortality plays
told you the right ways of being a person, or being a Christian
it was more about the ___, not the ___
language, sight
they would even say “I’m going to ___ a play” instead of “I’m going to ___ a play”
hear, see