Shakespeare 5222

Question 1

Greene’s Groatsworth of Witte

Answer 1

first reference to Shakespeare in print, ending the 7 lost years. Called him “upstart crow” alludes to one of Shakespeare’s works, shows how popular Shakespeare was already in 1592

Question 2

Robert Greene

Answer 2

1558 - 1592
did English versions of Ovid,
a playwright, plampheteer, and prose writer.

Question 3

Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies

Answer 3

pub. 1623
also known as “First Folio”
contains 36 plays (all but Pericles, Two Noble Kinsmen, and the lost plays)
only 18 had been pub. previously

Question 4

Supplement to the Edition of Shakespear’s Plays

Answer 4

George Steevens

1778

Question 5

John Aubrey

Answer 5

1626-1697
wrote “Brief Lives”
included a reference to Shakespeare being a schoolmaster - which he wasn’t

Question 6

William Oldys

Answer 6

1696-1761

claims April 23 as Shakespeare’s birthday

Question 7

How was Shakespeare’s birthday determined?

Answer 7

by church records of Christenings.

Oldys set it on the 23 b/c it is St. George’s Day, and also the day Shakespeare died

Question 8

Nicholas Rowe

Answer 8

1674 - 1718
first editor/biographer
added act/scene divisions systematically
Poet Laureate and English dramatist

Question 9

The Works of Mr. William Shakespear

Answer 9

first edited collection
by Nicholas Rowe
first to include act/scene divisions
first to include bibliography (w/ info Betterton collected)
published 1709

Question 10

Thomas Betterton

Answer 10

Shakespearean actor sent to Stratford-Upon-Avon to collect info for Rowe
1635 - 1710 (dies one year after The Works of Mr. William Shakespear is published)

Question 11

1709

Answer 11

Rowe’s collection is published w/ first act/scene divisions and first biography

Question 12

Jacob Tonson

Answer 12

published Rowe’s edition of Shakespeare in 1709

advertised for materials/ information (kind of last minute)

Question 13

The Ballad of Sir Thomas Lucy

Answer 13

the satirical poem Shakespeare allegedly wrote upon poaching a deer, before fleeing to London.
this episode is included in the ancedotes of Rowe’s collection

Question 14

November 28, 1582

Answer 14

date of marriage license to Anne Hathaway

shotgun wedding?

Question 15

April 23, 1564

Answer 15

Shakespeare’s birthday (or at least the day it is celebrated)
glorious coincidence

Question 16

1592

Answer 16

the end of the 7 lost years

Shakespeare mentioned in print (in Greene’s Groatsworth of Witte)

Question 17

When was Richard III performed and published?

Answer 17

Performed 1592
Published 1597
(there are 5 editions published in Shakespeare’s lifetime, and 5 years between the first performance and publication)

Question 18

When was Richard Duke of York performed and published?

Answer 18

published 1595

Performed? Sometime before 1592 (based on Greene’s Groatsworth of Witte)

Question 19

When were the Sonnets published, and by whom?

Answer 19

1609 by Thomas Thorpe

Question 20

When was Love’s Labour’s Lost performed and published?

Answer 20

Performed 1594
Published 1598
(magic # here is 4,
4 main male characters, 4 female, ‘94 is the performance year, 4 more years it’s published)

Question 21

When was The Taming of the Shrew performed and published?

Answer 21

Performed 1594?

Published in 1623 (in First Folio)

Question 22

When was The Passionate Pilgrim published, and by whom?

Answer 22

1599 by William Jaggard

Question 23

How many poems are in The Passionate Pilgrim, and how many are Shakespeare’s?

Answer 23

20 poems
5 definitely Shakespeare
7 definitely not Shakespeare
? The rest ?

Question 24

Who’s poems (beside Shakespeare’s) were included in The Passionate Pilgrim?

Answer 24

Bartholomew Griffin
Richard Barnfield
Christopher Marlowe

Question 25

Who is Arthur Golding?

Answer 25

The guy who translated Ovid into English, and moralized it.