Shakespeare All world is a stage

Did Shakespeare have a good education?

• Shakespeare had attended the local grammar school where he had learnt a little Latin, probably this explains why in Shakespearean’s works we hardly find any traces of the classics.

• Yes he did, he studied at the University of Cambridge and took his BA in 1584

When did he go to London?

• In 1593 he went to London because of plague.

• In 1599 when his company built the Globe theatre .

• In 1584 he went to London where he worked for a company and became an excellent writer.

Why were the theatres in London closed and what did Shakespeare do?

• Theatres were closed because they were considered illegal in the City of London, and Shakespeare returned home.

• Theatres in London where closed because of plague and Shakespeare found a private patron: the Earl of Southampton, to whom he dedicated his sonnets.

What happened when the theatres reopened?

• When the theatres reopened, he became shareholder and the main playwright of the most successful company of actors in London: Lord Chamberlain’s Men.

• Shakespeare came back to London and started a new activity as a poet, he wrote his sonnets.

When was the Globe theatre built?

• The Globe theatre was built in 1555, by the company 'Lord Chamberlain’s Men' and most of Shakespeare's plays where played there.

• The Globe theatre was built in 1599 by the company 'Lord Chamberlain’s Men' and most of Shakespeare's plays where played there.

How can we divide his plays?

• 1590 -1596 he wrote historical dramas;

  1593-1600 he represented 10 comedies ranging from farce to romance;

  1595-1605 he wrote the great tragedies

• 1590 -1596 he represented 10 comedies ranging from farce to romance;

  1593-1600 he wrote historical dramas;

  1595-1605 he wrote the great tragedies

• 1590 -1596 he represented 10 comedies ranging from farce to romance;

  1593-1600 he wrote the great tragedies

  1595-1605 he wrote historical dramas;

How many words did Shakespeare introduce in the English language?

• Shakespeare introduced about 5000 words to the English language and wrote some of the most quoted lines ever written or spoken in English

• Shakespeare introduced about 3000 words to the English language and wrote some of the most quoted lines ever written or spoken in English

How can we consider the audience during the Elizabethan age?

• Audience were unsophisticated, they loved high-sounding phrases and long speeches full of rhetorical devices, stuffed with mythology and bookish similes.

• Audience were very sophisticated, they loved effective speeches and hated the use of rhetorical devices, or mythology and bookish similes.

What was Shakespeare's attitude towards current fashion or the tastes of the audience? Why was comedy so important to him?

• At first Shakespeare followed the current fashions. He was at his best in comedy and preferred rhyme to blank verse. Comedy gave him the opportunity to choose words and phrases with an ease which no one had come close to.

• Shakespeare had always been original and he was at his best in comedy and preferring the blank verse to rhyme. Comedy gave him the opportunity to choose words and phrases with an ease which no one had come close to.

When did Sakespeare begin to write for the stage

• Shakespeare began to write for the stage in the last 1590s: at that time, the standards of plays were set by Marlowe and prose was only beginning to be used in drama.

• Shakespeare began to write for the stage in the early 1590s: at that time, the standards of plays were set by Marlowe and prose was only beginning to be used in drama.