* He was born in ________________, ________________, in ________________.
* He grew up in ________________, an attractive market town in Southwest England.
* He attended the local ________________.
* He married Anne Hathaway when he was __________. The couple had __________ children.
* "________________" is when literature and theatre thrived, and Shakespeare became a flourishing London actor and playwright.
* Shakespeare wrote __________ plays all together.
HISTORY OF DRAMA and THE GLOBE
* The first professional playhouse in London was called "________________." It was designed by ________________. Later it was called "________________."
* THE GLOBE:
Students draw a diagram of the globe theatre here...
* Three main types pf people who attended Shakespeare's plays: ________________, ________________, and ________________.
* During Shakespeare's time, townspeople knew if a play was being performed on a particular day or not by _________________________.
* ________________ signaled that a play was about to begin.
* ________________ were not allowed to act in plays.
"ROMEO AND JULIET" INTRODUCTION
* It was written in ________________, when Shakespeare was __________.
* The plot itself is similar to that of the classical myth "Pyramus and Thisbe," featuring two young lovers from fighting families.
* Its setting is the __________'s in ________________, ________________.
(DISCUSSION) DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT?
WHY OR WHY NOT?
(TRY THIS FOR EXTRA CREDIT!) FIND A SONG THAT HAS THE WORD EITHER "SHAKESPEARE" OR "ROMEO AND JULIET" IN ITS LYRIC!
* EXAMPLE: LFO "SUMMER GIRLS"
When you take a sip, you buzz like a hornet...
BILLY SHAKESPEARE WROTE A WHOLE BUNCH OF SONNETS...
Call me Willy Whistle cause I can't speak baby...
Somethin' in your eyes went and drove me crazy...
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EXTENDED ACTIVITY
* TRUE or FALSE: Circle "T" for true and "F" for false. If the statement is false, change it so that it is true.
1) T or F: Shakespeare was 45 when he wrote Romeo and Juliet.
2) T or F: Sets were much more fancy during Shakespeare's time than they are in modern theatres.
3) T or F: Most plays were performed in the afternoon, because there was no artificial lighting during Shakespeare's time.
4) T or F: The rich people who attended Shakespeare's plays were called "groundlings."
5) T or F: No actresses were used in the theatre of Shakespeare's time. Female parts were played by young boys.
6) T or F: Shakespeare never acted in any of the plays that he wrote.
7) T or F: Shakespeare designed and built the first professional playhouse in London.
8) T or F: Because there was little or no lightning, scenery or costumes during Shakespeare's time, imagination of the udience played a key role in the success of Shakespeare's plays.
