Shakespeare was born in the town of … | Stratford-upon-Avon |
Shakespeare was born in the year … | 1564 |
Shakespeare died in the year … | 1616 |
Shakespeare married at 18 to … | Anne Hathaway |
Shakespeare’s father was a glovemaker and also was elected as … | Mayor |
Shakespeare went to a grammar school called… | King’s New School |
Shakespeare wrote three types of plays which are… | Tradegies, comedies, histories |
The R + J plot was borrowed from… | The tragical historage of Romeo and Juliet |
The tragical historage of R+J was written by… | Arthur Brooke |
Actors were viewed as… | Rogues |
Elizabeth the 1sr became patron of the arts she let the actors in and also build … | Theaters |
The poorer people who watched a play at the Globe we’re called… | Groundlings |
Groundlings stood in the… | Pit |
Actors were apprenticed at the ages… | 11-14 |
To say the show stank you would say… | Bring on the bay leaves |
The people not allowed to act were… | Women |
Women didn’t act because the ones who were associated with the theatre were… | Prostitutes and thieves |
Costumes were cast-off’s from… | Nobility |
Shakespeare appealed to lower classes with low-brow humor and.. | Common language |
Shakespeare appealed to higher classes with high-brow humor and.. | Sophisticated language (verse/rhyme meter) |
Rhymed couplets showed two important elements: that it was the end of the scene and… | Love |
Admission Prices: for the pit… | 1 pence |
admission prices: for the gallery… | 2-4 pence |
Most lines written by Shakespeare we’re written in… | Iambic (pentameter) rhythm |
Honors English: Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare’s Background
December 21, 2019