English "Shakespeare background" Flashcards
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Places from which we get information about Shakespeare’s life
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Church
Legal documents
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The most famous play writer in the world
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Shakespeare
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Shakespeare’s place of birth
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Stratford
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Shakespeare’s birth date
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April 23, 1564
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Shakespeare’s age of death
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52
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Shakespeare’s date of death
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April 23, 1616
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Where was Shakespeare buried
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Under the old stone floor in the chancel of the holy Trinity church in Stratford
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How many siblings did Shakespeare have
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7
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What was his father’s name
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John Shakespeare
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What was his father’s occupation
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Shopkeeper
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Who was Shakespeare’s wife
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Anne Hathaway
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How many years were he and his wife apart
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8
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How many children did Shakespeare have
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3
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What were the names of his children
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Suzanna
Hamnet
Judith
(Hamnet and Judith were twins)
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What year did he become an actor and playwright by
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1592
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What was the first name of his acting company
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Lord Chamberlin’s men
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What name did his acting company change to
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King’s Men
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Who were the two English monarchs that supported Shakespeare
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Lord Chamberlin
King James
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What date was Romeo and Juliet supposedly written
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Between 1594 and 1596
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How many plays did he write before retiring
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37
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When did he return to his home to retire
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1612
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What verse is carved on his gravestone
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Good friend, for Jesus’s sake forbear to dig the duet enclosed here! Blessed be the man that spares th
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Who was his business partner
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Richard Burbage
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What was the name of the first permanent theater in London
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Theatre
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Where did touring acting companies usually rent space to preform
Courtyards of Inns
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In what manner was the theatre set up
Temporary platform stage at the end of the yard and play to an audience that stood around the stage or sat in the tiers of balconies (there were 3) that surrounded the courtyard
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Where did the Burbage theater derive its shape
Globe
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What was the name of Shakespeare's theatre
Globe Theatre
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What was the nickname of Shakespeare's theatre
Wooden O
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What is the description of Shakespeare's theatre
Large, round building, 3 stories high with a large platform stage & projected from one end to the other
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What time of day were the plays performed and why
Morning/afternoon because they couldn't use artificial lighting or the whole place would burn because it was all wood
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What did the waving flag mean
That a play was to be performed that day
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Describe the costumes of the play
Elaborate
| Fabulous
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Describe the lighting of the plays
Natural light
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Describe the sets of the plays
Hung with colorful banners and trappings
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What are groundlings
Those 800 people or more who stood shoulder to shoulder and around the stage
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What was the price of admission for a groundling
A penny
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Which religious group did not like plays
Puritans
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What was the gender of all Shakespearean actors
Male
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Name the type of stage we use today
Proscenium
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Describe a proscenium stage
No outer stage : only inner stage with a large curtain that separates it from the audience
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Describe a thrust stage
Arena stages
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What form of poetry did Shakespeare use in writing Romeo and Juliet
Prose
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What is a couplet
2 consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
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Name the poem upon which Shakespeare based Romeo and Juliet
The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Iuliet
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What does star-crossed mean
Thwarted by bad luck
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What does archaic mean
They have disappeared from common use
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Define tragedy
Narrative about serious and important actions that end unhappily
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What is the pattern for a Shakespearean tragedy
Act I : exposition —> Act II : rising action or complication —> Act III : crisis, or turning point —> Act IV : falling action —> Act V : climax and resolution
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Any piece of writing that is not poetry
The servants and lower-class people in Shakespeare's plays usually speak in this
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Prose
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A lengthy speech in which a character, alone on stage, expresses his or her innermost thoughts to the audience
Soliloguy
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A character's brief remark that is not heard by other characters, even though they may be in close proximity to him or her on the stage
this is often necessary for the audience to continue to know the character's true feelings while keeping the information secret from the other characters
aside
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when a character has personality characteristics that are the opposite of another character
by being opposites, these characters make each other more noticeable
Dramatic foil
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Always
Ever
For eternity
Aye
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Soon
Right away
Coming
Anon
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Expect
But
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Does
| Do
Doth
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Good evening
Good-en
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Luck
| Lucky
Hap
| Happy
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Has
Hath
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Mood
| Bodily fluids
Humor
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Unmarried girl
Maid
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Listen to
Mark
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Mild oath
Marry
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Owns
Owes
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Confession
| Forgiveness for sins that have been confessed to a priest
Shrift
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A person after confession
Shriven
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Quiet
Hush
Slow up
Soft
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Wait
Stay
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Here
Hither
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There
Tither
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Always
Still
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With that
| With
Withal
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Know
Wot
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Interjection
What ho!
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You
Thee
| Thou
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Yours
Thine
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Await
Wait for
Expect
Attend
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Term of address for young men
Sirrah
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2 weeks
Fortnight
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Holiday on august 1 in England
Lammastide
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Asked
Bade
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Will
Wilt
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Over
O'er
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Even
| Evening
E'en
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Before
Ere
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Are
Art
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Where
Wither
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There
Yonder (yon)
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What is Shakespeare called
the Bard of Avon
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why is Shakespeare so famous
The people like his themes because they are timeless
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Why is there not a lot of documentation on the early life of Shakespeare
He want born into a prominent family
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What was usually set as the birth date in the records
Christening date
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What language did Shakespeare probably study
Latin
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How old was he when he married Anne
| How old was she
18
| 26
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Where did he leave his family
| Where did he go after he left them
Stratford-upon-avon
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What was Shakespeare's possible career before an actor
Teacher
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Who took a liking to Shakespeare
| She also spent all her extra money on funding the arts
Queen Elizabeth I
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When did they build the first permanent theatre
The Renaissance
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What man became the sponsor of the group because he liked Shakespeare so much
King James I
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What did Shakespeare do after acting
Poetry then writing plays
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Why did he die a very wealthy man
He started to invest in theaters and real estate
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What religion was Shakespeare
Protestant
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Who built the very first theater
James Burbage
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What were the concerns regarding the first theater
Fear of fire with so many people in one place and the fact that it was all wooden
Disease spreading easily with so many people so close together
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Where did Richard and Shakespeare get the wood for their theatre
The burnt down Theatre
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Who was Richard Burbage
King James I's son
| Shakespeare's friend
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What river did they build the other theatre across
Thames
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When did the Globe Theatre burn down
1613
| It was rebuilt in 1614 and rebuilt again since then
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How many sides did the globe theater have
16
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What kind of roof did the globe theater have
Thatched
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What color flag was a tragedy play
Black
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What color flag was a comedy play
White
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What color flag was a history play
Red
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What kind of stage did the globe theater have
Thrust stage
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Describe a thrust stage
One part that juts out into the audience
| Audience stood on three different sides
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How many trap doors did the globe theatre have
2
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Where were the 2 trap doors located
One on the stage itself - evil things would come up from here
One on the roof of the stage - things that came from god would descend from here
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What was the roof of the stage painted like
The sky
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Who would play the girls in the play
Young men with no facial hair
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What was used for changing wardrobes and storage
Tiring houses
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Where were the tiring houses located
Behind the building
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What was a long-term storage room
The hunts
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What was the hut used for besides storage
Sound effects
| Example : rolling a barrel across the floor for thunder
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Where was the hut located
On top the stage
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What does perineum mean
Open to the top
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What is the stage like from modern-day tv
Sitcoms
| No actor's back is to the camera
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What was very very minimal in the plays
Scenery
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How would the actors tell where they were with very little scenery
They would tell the audience through their dialogue
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Where did some of the costumes come from
They were handed down by the sponsor and their family after they got tired of them
Other royalty would hand some down too of they liked theater
