Background Flashcards
Married who?
Anne Hathaway
Married at what age? Anne’s age?
He was 24. She was 18.
Name/info of children?
Susanna- (already in womb pre-marriage)
Judith-twin with hamnet
Hamnet- died in 1596
Acting companies?
- Lord Chamberlains men
- the Queens men
- the Kings men
Romeo/Juliet first preformed?
1595
When was the globe theatre built?
1599
When was the globe theatre burned down?
1613
How did the globe theatre burn down?
A cannon in the play
What does the globe theatre resemble?
A wooden “o”
How many people did the globe theatre seat?
3000
How much did it cost to stand in the pit?
1 penny
What kind of people stood in the pit?
Poor people
How much did it cost to sit in the balcony?
2 pennies
Who sat in the balconies?
Rich people
What notified the town that there was a play?
By raising a flag at the top of the theater
What color flag did white represent?
Comedy
What color flag did red represent?
History
What color flag did black represent?
Tragedy.
What did Shakespeare father do?
He made gloves and owned land.
What two types of plays did Shakespeare blossom in?
Comedies and tragedies
Who was the queen of England?
Elizabeth the first
Who was queen Elizabeth’s successor?
James the first
What acting company did James the first change and to what?
The lord chamberlains men - the Kings men
Who closed all the theatres?
Puritans
How much of the globe theatre did Shakespeare own?
10%
In the plays women’s roles were performed by whom?
Boys
What did the Elizabethans believe about fate?
Fate was in control and no one could change it.
What did Elizabethans believe about marriages?
They were to be arranged by the parents
What did the Elizabethans believe about superstitions?
They believed in witches/supernatural/astrology/omens/signs
They also believed in love at first sight
What did Elizabethans believe about women?
They did not work outside the home unless they were nannies
Elizabethans believed what about spoken English?
Poor people= rough/vulgar
Rich people= polished/poetic
Shakespeare was an established actor and playwrighter when?
1592
When did Shakespeare die?
April 23, 1616
Why is Shakespeare still performed?
He understood what made people tick and how to put it into works
Where was he christened?
Stratford
When was daughter Susanna christened?
May 26, 1583
The twins hamnet and Judith were christened when?
February 2, 1585
Shakespeare’s name was first printed when?
1592
We know more about him through what?
Plays and poems
His universal understanding of what has made his work seem contemporary?
Human condition
His 4 most popular topics are?
Power/war/violence/passion
London of 1593 was a world of what?
Dramatic contrasts
What was the common denominator in the unruly society?
Playgoing
How long did plays generally last?
Several hours
1593 the two major theaters were?
The curtain and the rose
Playhouses rely on what to set the scenes?
Playwrights
Costumes were often what?
Elegant and flamboyant
Costumes were generally what from wealthy benefactors?
Gifts
It was illegal for anyone below countess/count to wear what color?
Purple
Purple could only be created by crushing what?
Tiny sea snails
City officials wanted to claw down the theatres because ?
They spread the plague and attracted the “wrong” crowd.
A good play could change a theatre fortune when?
Overnight
4 ingredients for commercial success included ?
Pirate King
Shipwreck
Romance
Dog
Lots of critics wouldn’t go to a play unless it had what?
One good stabbing
What brought in audiences more than plays?
Stars
1593 who was the most popular playwright?
Christopher Marlowe
Ned Allen led an acting group called ?
The admirals men
Who was considered to be the tom cruise of his time?
Ned Allen
Plays usually ran for how many days?
3-4
Women were educated in ?
Piaty
Chastity
Domestic skills
The #1 job for women was what?
Marriage
Marriage was for what?
Property and family alliances
Daughters were expected to treat their parents how?
By obeying them
The most powerful individual in society was?
Queen Elizabeth the first
By 1593 she had been on the throne for how many years?
40
How was queen vital to the theatre?
By attending them she kept them playing and not being shut down
Queens nickname was?
Virgin queen
Theatre was as much what as it was a diversion?
A learning experience
The queen never married because it served her well in what?
Foreign policy
What was Shakespeare’s way of commenting on the lowly status of women in society?
Cross dressing
Romeo and Juliet starts out as a what but ends up with what?
A comedy and ends with them both committing suicide
Birthdate?
April 23, 1564
