William Shakespeare

verse

transcription of words in an identifiable pattern (poetry)

prose

everything that is not poetry

syllable

beats per word

meter

beats per line

stanza

paragraph in verse

quatran

4 lines of poetry

couplet

2 lines of poetry that rhyme

rhyme scheme

pattern of rhyme

end rhyme

last word rhymes

iam

unit of measure in verse

2 syllables

1-unstressed, 2-stressed

sonnet

shakespearean/elizabethan sonnet

sonnet requirements

14 lines, about 1 thing, specific rhyme scheme, specific meter (iamic pentameter), 3 quatrains, and a resolution couplet

if it’s a square…

check if it’s a sonnet

iamic pentameter

2(5)=10 beats per line

when was the original Globe built?

1599

Who owned The Globe and why is this so important?

built by the company shakespeare worked for, he co-owned it with himself and his actors, this gave them stability and money

explain the use of the trap door and the heavens

stage roof referred to the heavens and the trap door on the stage was leading into the underworld to show special effects

who were the pennystinkters/groundlings

people who stood in the open center of the globe, they stunk and had a 1 penny admission fee

how did the plague affect the theatres

got shut down but allowed for shakespeare’s best plays, frequent outbursts of the plays, closed if bodycount was 30+ per week

why were the theatre’s restricted to Southwark

the area was outside the control of London’s authority who were hostile to theatres

what happened to the globe on tuesday, june 29, 1613

caught fire during performance because of them trying special effects

what was Blackfrais and how was it different from the globe

expensive, all-weather, enclosed, 700 people who paid 6x as much. shakespeare’s plays were much better there due to the rich props

gender of actors

women weren’t allowed to be actors and men dressed as women

who was richard burbage

famous actor, business man, and built his own theatre in London

when was the new globe built

1997