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What is Shakespeare's birthday?

What is Shakespeare's birthday?

April 23, 1564

Where was Shakespeare born?

Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon. (small English town) Avon is a river.

What was the profession of Shakespeare's father?

He was a successful glove maker in stratford who dealt in leather goods and also sold wool and barley. was town council and became bailiff/mayor but was voted out when debt

Who was Shakespeare’s wife? When and why did they get married?

Anne Hathaway married Shakespeare in 1582. She was pregnant.

At what age did Shakespeare marry Anne Hathaway?

He was 18 years old. She was 26.

How many children did Shakespeare have, and what were their names and birth years?

Three children: Susanna (1583), Judith, and Hamnet were twins born in 1585.

What happened between 1585 and 1592 regarding Shakespeare's life?

No official records exist about him during this period.

What were Shakespeare's first notable plays that achieved success?

Henry VI, Titus Andronicus, and The Comedy of Errors.

Who was the queen of England during the early part of Shakespeare's career?

Elizabeth I.

What significant event in the early 1590s affected Shakespeare's work?

The plague led to the closing of all theatres in London.

What did Shakespeare begin to write during the theatres' closure?

Poetry, including his famous sonnets.

How did the era in which Shakespeare lived influence his work?

He incorporated the excitement, mystery, and adventure of his time into his plays.

What had he done by age 28?

moved to london and became an actor w a small company of players. even after he became a succesful playwright - continued to act in his own + other plays

in queen elizabeth I ‘s reign, what were englsih explorers claiming?

territories as far as america and the far east (eastern asia)

What acting company did Shakespeare help form when the theatres reopened in 1594?

Lord Chamberlain's Men, which became London's most popular acting company.

What was the name of the theater established by Shakespeare's company and what was Shakespeare’s role in it?

The Globe, primary shareholder

What significant change occurred to Shakespeare's company in 1603?

They received a royal patent and changed their name to the King's Men with James I’s sucession

Why was receiving a royal patent important?

able to perform in royal court several times a year

What notable plays did Shakespeare write between 1599 and 1608?

Twelfth Night, Hamlet, Macbeth, and Othello.

What are the three categories of Shakespeare's plays?

Histories, tragedies, and comedies.

When did Shakespeare retire, and where did he go?

He retired between 1610 and 1611 to his home in Stratford.

With whom did Shakespeare collaborate on three more plays, and what were the titles?

He collaborated with John Fletcher on Henry VIII, The Two Noble Kinsmen, and Cardento.

What was the mystery surrounding Shakespeare's death?

He died on April 23, 1616, and was buried on April 25; the causes of his death remain speculative. potential causes of death , alacohol, writer’s cramp and murder

How many total works did Shakespeare write?

37 plays, 154 sonnets, and two narrative poems.

What is unique about Shakespeare's writing?

His deep understanding of human nature and ability to create realistic characters.

Which of Shakespeare’s kid died and when?

Hamnet in 1596

shakespeare’s professions before famous

• glover w father

• teacher/soldier/lawyer

name 2 plays for each of the categories

chain of being order

• god

• monarch

• church/nobles

• gentlemen (soldiers/lawyers/teachers)

• commoners

• women

• animals/ plants/ rocks

what was religion at shakespeare’s time?

protestant

elizabeth I’s father + how many wives

henry VIII, 6 wives

• katherine of aragon ( duaghter Mary) divorced

• anne boleyn ( duaghter Elizabeth) beheaded

• jane seymour (son Edward VI) died

• anne of cleeves divorced

• catherine howard executed

• katherine parr survived

name wives and what happened to each

king henry VIII and the religion

• initially catholic country

• he broke away from church and introduced protestants

• once king made himself head of church, ppl could divorce w good reason

reasons for black death/ bubonic plague

• overcrowding

• poor santitation

• rats that came from the port

• garbage

how many ppl died from bubonic plague and what helped get rid of it?

over 100 000

great fire of london in 1666

puritans

—> some protestants taht believed that teh church had not rejected catholicism enough

—> wanted to purify church of carholic elements; bishops/robes

—>fine clothes, drinking, gambling, going to see plays —> sin

—> believed plague was sent by god as a punsihment

who do some experts think shakespeare’s work’s actual owner was and why

Francis Bacon cause shakespeare w an ordinary baclground couldnt have written so good

what do most of shakespeare’s works editions have

glossaries for outdated words and unknown words

fact about performing shakespeare

• different interpretations

line references, division of things

plays are split into scenes/acts and scenes are split into lines

• italised name of play

• big roman numerals for act

• small roman numerals for scene

• line in normal numbers

mom and how many kids

mary arden, wealthy landowner’s + catholic daughter

8 kids, 3 died early because of scarlet fever, measels, flu

what school did shakespeare go to and more facts

• King Edward VI Grammar School

• shakespeare left school at 15 to work

• didnt go to uni

school situation

• boys sent to school if parents could afford to not make them work

• girls taught at home/ not at all

• boys studied latin

• class of 12 , w maybe a TA

what was “New Place” and significance

• large expensive home he bought in stratford in 1597

• proved he had paid off family debts

• kids and wife stayed

shakespeare leaving to london, professions before

• probably worked w father

• might have been teacher/lawyer/soldier

• was writing plays in london by 1592

• might have left w tourinbg tehater companies

hamlet religion

hamlet wont kill stepfather, Claudius while he is praying cause doesnt want him to go to heaven

religion belief - afterlife

eveyrone goes to heaven/hell

reformartion

• european movement

• started w attacks on catholic church corruption and led to founding of protestant churches

• english catholics seen as tratirs to country and no place in public office

chain of being: attempt to ? accepting led to?

• attempt to give order/degree to vastness of creation

• accepting - rewarded by god in heaven

• disrupting - chaos

what all did they believe about myths and magic

• fairies, goblins and sprites came out to play tricks on innocnet

• ppl go insane, underworld or nightmares

what was blamed on witches? what happened to them?

• diseases and disaters were blamed

• women who didnt fit into society — working for devil

• persecuted

which astrologer influenced elizabeth I? whats astrology

John Dee

• position/movement of stars = foretell n influence events

elizabethian beliefs

• fairies, magic, prophecies, witches, spells

• ppl thrpught folklore and superstition as important as church beliefs

shakespeares first impressions of London and his play influence

• teeming crowds

• poverty

• wealthy

• none of his plays based, but he prolly attended lectures on science, tales, nightlife, playwirting trends

what was the city of london said to stretch from

tower to temple

cathedral at heart of city, what was it for

St.Paul’s

• general meeting place > woship

• deals, goods, thrives/prositutes/beggars

• lessons from bible taught from pulpits

entertainemnt in London

• execution/ pulic betaings

• bear-baiting/ cockfighting

why did plague exist? years?

• crowded and no santitaion —> fleas on rats

• 1592-1594, 1603-1604, 1623

by law what did a theatre company need to have? hwo were companies named?

• needed patron

• named after patron ( name’s men)

ticket prices? who could benefit ?

• cheapest were 1 penny (workers earned 12 pence/week)

• expensive were sixpence

• theives and pickpockets

how did audience behave?

• rude remarks

• some got on to stage and joined swordfights

• food thrown and eaten

stagecraft

• drums and trumpets

• extravageant costumes

• some imagination needed

• special effects and scenery not famous

what happened to players when plague hit?

• disease maybe spread quicker in crowd

• players had to sell costumes/scripts

• puritans, who thought plays were sin, thoiught punsihment

• companies left to tour countryside

where were Shakespeare’s plays performed after 1599? how many ppl could it hoild and how many plays/day?

globe - open air circular theatre in southwark, london

held 3000 ppl and 2 perfromances/day

how did Shakespeare benefit from globe

shareholder

why did lord chamberlain’s men stop using “the theatre” , what happened to it in 1599

• fell out w landlord

• dismantled to build the globe

what happened to globe in 1613 and why?

• spark from cannon fired during Henry VIII

• burned down cause of thatched roof

• rebuilt w tiled roof

what happened in 1644 to the globe

puritans tore it down durng civil war

who rebuilt globe in modern day and when

american actor sam wanamaker in 1970

• built w same materials

• only hold half as before due to safety

how did shakespeare’s plays reflect 3 parts of tehatre .

• some worde repeat 3 times

• some lines have 3 parts

shakespeare reference globe in plays

“the tempest” “henry V”

1591-95 , comedies (4)

• comedy of errors

• taming of the shrew

• two gentleman of verona

• love’s labour’s lost

1591-95 , histories (4)

• Henry VI, parts 1,2,3

• Richard III

1591-95 , tragedies (1)

Titus Androncius

1595-1600 , comedies (5)

• midsummer night’s dream

• merchant of venice

• merry wives of windsor

• much ado about nothing

• as you like it

1595-1600 , histories (5)

• Richard II

• Henry IV , parts 1 n 2

• King John

• Henry V

1595-1600 , tragedies (1)

Romeo and Juliet

1600-1609 , comedies (4)

• Twelfth Night

• Troilus and Cressida

• Measure for measure

• All’s well that ends well

1600-1609 , tragedies (8)

• julius caesar

• hamlet

• othello

• timon of athens

• king lear

• macbth

• antony and cleopatra

• Coriolanus

1609-1613 , comedies (4)

• Pericles

• Cymbeline

• The winter’s tale

• The tempest

1600-1609 , histories (1)

Henry VIII

How would ppl know if performance

flag flown

first and second theatre names and dates

• the theatre 1576

• rose theatre 1587

who wasnt allowed to play in plays? when were they finally allowed to?

women, after restoration (eng cibil war)

who did the globe become a popular entertainment spot for

commoners and wealthy aristocrats

James I of england was james __ of Scotland?

VI (six)

dads name

john shakespeare

shakespeares plays were first produced in

1589, London

what was the globe made of and shape

brick, wood, animal hair

circular

scenery, costumes, music

• scenery not important

• elaborate costumes

• drums n trumpets

stocks

• ppl would throw rotten food

groundlings

ppl who stood up to watch plays

what were actors called

players

how much did they raise the stage so ppl wouldn’t climb

1.5m / 5 ft

what did they use to fix fevers

leeeches (suck out blood)

where do you get tickets

box office

human body is miniature rep of

universe (macrocosm)

human body (microcosm)

body was thought to have 4 ?? who had perfect mix of them

humours

• balck bile

• plegmn

• blood

• choler

• mix perfect: brutus

• most ppl have one more dominant than others

where was ms luccock born + ri

nottingham and river trent