Who was William Shakespeare?

When was William Shakespeare born?

• 1789

• 1561

• 1564

• 1300

Where was he born?

• Paris

• London

• Stratford-upon-Avon

• Brighton

His father was...

• a teacher

• a glove-maker

• an actor

• a builder

When did London's first theatre open?

• 1656

• 1676

• 1576

• 1593

Shakespeare helped build a new theatre called The Globe.

• True

• False

When did The Globe open?

• 1599

• 1598

• 1597

• 1596

women acted in Shakespeare’s time

• True

• False

All people had seats at The Globe and the audience was quiet.

• False

• True

Shakespeare wrote tragedies, comedies and sonnets.

• True

• False

Shaskespeare loved language and invented new words and expressions that we still use today

• False

• True