Shakespeare

The Life of…. The most famous author of our time….. Was born April 23,1564. Although the year is correct no one actually knows the true date of his birthday

Shakespeare Shakespeare wrote 37 plays in total. 14 Comedies 11 Histories 12 Tragedies AND 154 sonnets!! Shakespeare’s plays consist of 5 Acts!!

What’s the difference between a comedy and a tragedy?

A Shakespearean Comedy Some conflict disrupts the unity of the group usually it’s potentially funny like a mischievous character or case of mistake identity. One or more characters are purely for comic relief The play ends in a union of the group, usually a wedding or a plan to wed The person or people behind the conflict are forgiven, punished or banished.

Shakespearean Tragedy Some conflict disrupts the unity of the group usually a serious conflict like a fight or the influence of a bad character One or more characters have a plan to destroy the group The play ends with the death of the main characters caused by their own planning and scheming

Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre In 1599 the Globe was built from the remains of another theater. Shakespeare presented some of his greatest plays at the Globe. In 1613, during a performance of Henry VIII wadding from a stage cannon ignited the thatched room and the theatre burned to the the ground in less than two hours In 1997 the Globe was reconstructed

The Globe Cost to see a play was a penny for standing in front of the stage. Two pennies to sit in the gallery. The Globe sat roughly around 2,000 people.

Shakespeare was so influential That he invented 1700 of our common words by changing nouns into verbs, changing verbs into adjectives and connecting words never before used together.

Shakespeare’s vocabulary Accused Advertising Luggage Flawed Bandit Birthplace laughable

Shakespeare tomb reads: “Good friends, for Jesus’ sake forbear, To dig the dust enclosed here! Blest be the man that spares these stones And curst be he that moves my bones”

The humor of Shakespeare When Shakespeare died, he left most of his fortune to his eldest daughter Susanna To his wife, Anne Hathaway, he left his second-best bed