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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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10
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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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18
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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

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Courtyards of Inns

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In what manner was the theatre set up

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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

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Globe

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What was the name of Shakespeare’s theatre

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Globe Theatre

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28
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What was the nickname of Shakespeare’s theatre

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Wooden O

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What is the description of Shakespeare’s theatre

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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

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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

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That a play was to be performed that day

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32
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Describe the costumes of the play

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Elaborate

Fabulous

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33
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Describe the lighting of the plays

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Natural light

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34
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Describe the sets of the plays

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Hung with colorful banners and trappings

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35
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What are groundlings

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Those 800 people or more who stood shoulder to shoulder and around the stage

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36
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What was the price of admission for a groundling

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A penny

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37
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Which religious group did not like plays

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Puritans

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38
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What was the gender of all Shakespearean actors

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Male

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39
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Name the type of stage we use today

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Proscenium

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40
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Describe a proscenium stage

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No outer stage : only inner stage with a large curtain that separates it from the audience

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Describe a thrust stage

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Arena stages

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42
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What form of poetry did Shakespeare use in writing Romeo and Juliet

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Prose

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43
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What is a couplet

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2 consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

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44
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Name the poem upon which Shakespeare based Romeo and Juliet

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The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Iuliet

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45
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What does star-crossed mean

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Thwarted by bad luck

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46
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What does archaic mean

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They have disappeared from common use

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47
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Define tragedy

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Narrative about serious and important actions that end unhappily

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48
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What is the pattern for a Shakespearean tragedy

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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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49
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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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50
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A lengthy speech in which a character, alone on stage, expresses his or her innermost thoughts to the audience

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Soliloguy

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51
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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

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aside

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52
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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

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Dramatic foil

53
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Always
Ever
For eternity

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Aye

54
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Soon
Right away
Coming

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Anon

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Expect

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But

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Does

Do

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Doth

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Good evening

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Good-en

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Luck

Lucky

A

Hap

Happy

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Has

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Hath

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Mood

Bodily fluids

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Humor

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Unmarried girl

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Maid

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Listen to

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Mark

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Mild oath

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Marry

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Owns

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Owes

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Confession

Forgiveness for sins that have been confessed to a priest

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Shrift

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A person after confession

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Shriven

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Quiet
Hush
Slow up

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Soft

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Wait

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Stay

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Here

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Hither

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There

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Tither

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Always

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Still

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With that

With

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Withal

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Know

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Wot

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Interjection

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What ho!

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You

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Thee

Thou

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Yours

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Thine

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Await
Wait for
Expect

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Attend

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Term of address for young men

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Sirrah

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2 weeks

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Fortnight

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Holiday on august 1 in England

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Lammastide

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Asked

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Bade

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Will

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Wilt

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Over

A

O’er

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Even

Evening

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E’en

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Before

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Ere

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Are

A

Art

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Where

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Wither

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There

A

Yonder (yon)

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What is Shakespeare called

A

the Bard of Avon

90
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why is Shakespeare so famous

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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

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He want born into a prominent family

92
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What was usually set as the birth date in the records

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Christening date

93
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What language did Shakespeare probably study

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Latin

94
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How old was he when he married Anne

How old was she

A

18

26

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Where did he leave his family

Where did he go after he left them

A

Stratford-upon-avon

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What was Shakespeare’s possible career before an actor

A

Teacher

97
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Who took a liking to Shakespeare

She also spent all her extra money on funding the arts

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Queen Elizabeth I

98
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When did they build the first permanent theatre

A

The Renaissance

99
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What man became the sponsor of the group because he liked Shakespeare so much

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King James I

100
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What did Shakespeare do after acting

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Poetry then writing plays

101
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Why did he die a very wealthy man

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He started to invest in theaters and real estate

102
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What religion was Shakespeare

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Protestant

103
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Who built the very first theater

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James Burbage

104
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What were the concerns regarding the first theater

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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

105
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Where did Richard and Shakespeare get the wood for their theatre

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The burnt down Theatre

106
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Who was Richard Burbage

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King James I’s son

Shakespeare’s friend

107
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What river did they build the other theatre across

A

Thames

108
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When did the Globe Theatre burn down

A

1613

It was rebuilt in 1614 and rebuilt again since then

109
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How many sides did the globe theater have

A

16

110
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What kind of roof did the globe theater have

A

Thatched

111
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What color flag was a tragedy play

A

Black

112
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What color flag was a comedy play

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White

113
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What color flag was a history play

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Red

114
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What kind of stage did the globe theater have

A

Thrust stage

115
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Describe a thrust stage

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One part that juts out into the audience

Audience stood on three different sides

116
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How many trap doors did the globe theatre have

A

2

117
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Where were the 2 trap doors located

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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

118
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What was the roof of the stage painted like

A

The sky

119
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Who would play the girls in the play

A

Young men with no facial hair

120
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What was used for changing wardrobes and storage

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Tiring houses

121
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Where were the tiring houses located

A

Behind the building

122
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What was a long-term storage room

A

The hunts

123
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What was the hut used for besides storage

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Sound effects

Example : rolling a barrel across the floor for thunder

124
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Where was the hut located

A

On top the stage

125
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What does perineum mean

A

Open to the top

126
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What is the stage like from modern-day tv

A

Sitcoms

No actor’s back is to the camera

127
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What was very very minimal in the plays

A

Scenery

128
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How would the actors tell where they were with very little scenery

A

They would tell the audience through their dialogue

129
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Where did some of the costumes come from

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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

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