How did Globe Theatre burn down the 1^st time?

How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?

What is the rhyme scheme of a sonnet?

An aside is when an actor is on stage _______ and shares his thoughts with the audience.

A soliloquy is when an actor is on stage _______ and shares his thoughts with the audience.

Where (theater name) were Shakespeare’s plays performed?

What types of play did Shakespeare write?

What is chivalry?

Why did the Monarchy force the theaters to shut down during flare ups or outbreaks of plague?

Shakespeare was born on April 26, 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Shakespeare moved from Stratford to London because his wife was a famous actress.

A Bard is a poet, musician, and entertainer, or mistral.

Shakespeare was married to Anne Hathaway; she was 18 and he was 23.

Shakespeare wrote four types of plays: History, tragedy, comedy, dilemmas (aka love).

Shakespeare’s plays were performed at the Globe Theater in London by his acting troupe The Kingsman and later changed their name to Lord Chamberlain’s men.

Shakespeare wrote 87 plays.

A sonnet is a poem containing 16 lines.

Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets.

In 1613 during a performance of Shakespeare’s Henry VIII, sparks flew from a rifle fired during the performance and ignited a fire in the thatch roof.

Shakespeare’s plays were performed in large open-air theatres in the daytime for the light.

A soliloquy is dramatic device when a character is alone on stage and speaks aloud so the audience can hear his thoughts.

The aside is a dramatic device when a character is alone on stage and speaks aloud so the audience can hear his thoughts.

Chivalry is the medieval knightly system with its religious, moral, and social code.

The Bubonic Plague was a disease that was carried by rats and the fleas would bite the rats and transmit it to the people.

The cost of standing room at the Globe was 1 penny because you weren’t able to sit down. “Standing room only.”

The lower class people of the Elizabethan era took great pride in their hygiene and personal appearance because they had so much time on their hands.

Richard Burbage was a theatre owner, entrepreneur, and painter, and one of the most famous actors of the Globe Theatre.

The Bubonic Plague was a disease that was carried by rats and the fleas would bite the rats and transmit it to the people.

Shakespeare was considered at rock star of the 1500’s because all the girls wanted to hang out with him and everyone wanted to be a part of the theater life with him. (no different than “groupies” today)

Most of the theaters were built in outside or in the outskirts of the city because some of the things they did were viewed immoral in the eyes of the church.

The theaters would close because they didn’t want the plague to spread…the theater would be a breeding ground because everyone is crammed in there.

The color of the flag that was raised on the spire of the theater, determined the genre of the play being performed.

Young males played the females roles because their voices haven’t deepened and the queen considered it immoral for females to be actors.

Which of the following food groups were NOT common and specific to people of England during the Elizabethan Era.

When Shakespeare died on his birthday in 1616, what did he leave behind?

When the audience knows something that the characters in the play/novel don't know, that is called:

The leading character in a play or novel is the

The character opposing the protagonist.