Shakespeare Benchmark Flashcards
The maiden name of Shakespeare’s wife
Anne Hathaway
Date of Shakespeare’s birth
April 23, 1564
Date of Shakespeare’s death
April 23, 1616
Shakespeare was supposedly buried in this church
Holy Trinity
Shakespeare’s hometown
Stratford-upon Avon
Or just Stratford
Shakespeare’s nickname
The bard
The queen who ruled England for the last half of the 1500s
Queen Elizabeth 1
Who succeeded Queen Elizabeth 1?
King James
The two different names of Shakespeare’s theatrical company’s
Lord Chamberlains Men and Kings Men
What was the first official collection of Shakespeare’s plays called?
First folio
How many plays were in the first folio?
36
What year was the first folio published?
1623
Some scholars believe that Shakespeare’s plays were not written by Shakespeare but by…
Edward De Vere
What year was the Globe theatre built?
1599
What year did the Globe burn down?
1613
How many people did the Globe seat?
About 3,000
The river that flows passed the Globe
River Thames
What were audience members who stood on the ground in front of the stage?
Ground lings
The continuation of a sentence without without of pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza
Enjambment
A line with a pause at the end
End-stopped
Soliloquy
A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage.
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
ex. Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
Alliteration
in poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible
ex. Try to light the fire
Assonance
Black flag hung outside theatre means that…
A tragedy is being performed
White flag hung outside theatre means that…
A comedy is being performed
Red flag hung outside theatre means that…
A history is being performed
Example of a tragedy
King Lear
Romeo and Juliet
Macbeth
Othello
Example of a comedy
The Merchant of Venice A Midsummers Night Dream The Tempest As You Like It The Taming of the Shrew
Example of a history
Henry V
Henry VI
King John
a remark or passage in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play
Aside
The area under the stage that connects to the trap door.
Hell
Roof over stage; was put in place to make performing in different weather easier. Could also make “flying” entrances with wire
The heavens
Recurring theme
ex. Fate/free will
Light/dark
Young/old
Motif
