| Shakespeare Questions 4. William's father was John Shakespeare; he was a glove maker, shopkeeper, land owner, and bailiff of Stratford. William's mother was Mary Arden; she inherited land which was bequeathed to William. 5. William was born April 23rd, 1546, in Stratford on Avon near London. He died on his 52nd birthday, April 23, 1616 in Stratford and he was buried in the church of Holy Trinity. 6. William probably, attended the free grammar school in until the age of 15, mainly studying Latin. He read much about mythology, Ovid, Plutarch's lives, and Holinshed's chronicles, Italian plays, and Marlowe's plays about kings in Greece and Rome, which he had used as sources. 7. William Shakespeare was married to Anne Hathaway in November 27th, 1582. Anne was 8 years older then William, they had three children together. The names of the children were Susanna, Hamnet, and Judith. One son and two daughters, Hamnet and Judith were twins. 8. Three possible reasons for Shakespeare leaving Stratford was that he wanted to avoid the poaching incident, he wanted to be a school teacher, and that he wanted to pursue his career in writing. 9. It is said that Shakespeare was convicted for poaching deer from the estate of a man named Sir Thomas Lucy. That incident inspired him to write his first literary work, a satire of Sir Thomas. 10. By the year of 1592, he was recognized as a successful actor on the London stage; as well as a leading poet. He was also a member of a repertory group called, The Lord Chamberlain's Men, which was an Elizabethan theatrical company. 11. As an actor, writer, director, and a stockholder in "The King's Men" company, Shakespeare had multiple sources of income. He was becoming a very wealthy man. In 1597, Shakespeare bought New Place which was a very large house for his family to live in. 12. Shakespeare, the middle-aged actor/poet/playwright was now a wealthy man. He owned land in Stratford and property in London. But his legacy lay with his wondrous work. 13. William Shakespeare retired from the theater to has native Stratford sometime between 1611 and 1613; having bought a large house called, "New Place." 14. Shakespeare died on April 23, 1616 and was buried in the chancel at Holy Trinity Church, Stratford. A monument to him has since been erected in Poets Corner of Westminster Abbey. 15. "Dear Friends for Jesus sake forbear, to dig the dust and close it here, Blessed be he who spares these bones, but cursed be he who moves my bon(es." 16. First London playhouse, built by James Burbage of Leicester's Men) on leased land in Shoreditch, a northern suburb just outside the City and thus safe from attacks by the ruling London Puritans. 18. They acted in inn yards or other buildings. 19. The typical Elizabethan theater, or "public house: was shaped in the form of a hexagon, with a three-roofed gallery encircling an open courtyard. The stage area was elevated and projected into the yard, where the "groundlings" (patrons who only had to pay a penny for admission), would stand. There was usually a thatched roof over the stage, with a painted canopy depicting the "Heavens". Going to the theater was very different then. Between scenes and before the performance, acrobats, jugglers, musicians, singers, clowns, and dancers would perform for the audience. Vendors sold food and drinks during the show, just like they do at a baseball game or the rodeo. 20. The inner stage of the theater was used for scenes that needed setting up ahead of time. 21. Balcony's were used at seats for the rich and famous. 22. There were no actresses, men or boys took parts of women, clowns, ghosts, and witches. 24. In Elizabethan times no scenery buy elaborate "props" and costumes were used to give reality to the plays and the prologue set the scene. 25. The clothing was made of silks and had ruffles. They were astonishing. The gentry refused the wear their clothing twice. They donated it to the theater. The clothing was usually more expensive than the actors' incomes. 26. In 1613, during a performance of Henry VIII, a canon went off to mark the entrance of the king, and a stray spark set the thatch roof aflame. In one hour, the theatre was completely destroyed. 27. The non-dramatic literature of Shakespeare was known as sonnets. 28. 29. The groundlings were the people who paid one penny to watch. They stood at the front near the stage. They were also called "Penny Scrapers." 30. A green flag meant history, white for comedy, and black for tragedy. 31. The disease that swept through London was known as the black plague and it came from trade ships coming from Great Britain. |
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| *Question 3 and 28 are missing, ill put the answers up to it once i get them *By the way, period 6 has to do some questions that other periods dont have to do, and vice versa |
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