King of Shadows

Who wrote the novel King of Shadows?

• William Shakespeare

• Susan Cooper

• Roald Dahl

• Michael Morpurgo

Our protagonist is Nat Field. What is a protagonist?

• The leading character in a story.

• The hero of the story - he is always a good person.

• The male character.

• The character who is clumsy - he/she has accidents all the time to entertain the reader.

Where does Nat Field come from in America?

• New York

• Ohio

• North Carolina

• Los Angeles

What play is Nat (and both theatre groups) performing?

• Romeo and Juliet

• Much Ado About Nothing

• A Midsummer Night's Dream

• Twelfth Night

What does Shakespeare call the theatre?

• Heaven

• Shakespeare's Theatre

• The wooden 'O'

• Our Place

What skills does Nat need to perform his part in the play?

• He must speak like a lady as the boys had the woman's parts in Shakespeare's time.

• He must be able to sing sweetly.

• He must perform a gymnastic routine.

• He must pretend to be stabbed and release pig's blood without staining his costume.

Who did Nat work with in Shakespeare's time? Tick all correct answers.

• William Shakespeare

• Arby

• Harry

• Roper

• Gil

Who is almost hurt on stage due to Roper's malicious actions?

• William Shakespeare

• Master Burbage

• Nat Field

• Arby

When Nat goes back in time another boy take his place in London. What does he suffer from?

• homesickness

• cholera

• the Plague

• tuberculosis

Which of these are couplets?

• 'I'll put a girdle around the earth in forty minutes'

• 'We few, we happy men, we band of brothers'

• 'So long as men can breathe or eyes to see,

  So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.'

• 'Never was there a tale of more woe

  Than that of Juliet and her Romeo.'