Shakespeare in Love Review

5 Facts are known about Shakespeare: He was baptized on April 26, 1564 He married Anne Hathaway in 1582 when he was 18 years old He had three children: Susannah, and twins Hamnet and Judith He was in London by 1592 because he was attacked in an article by Robert Green He died on April 23, 1616

Shakespeare’s beginning Shakespeare first performed at the Rose Theater It was owned by Philip Henslowe The Rose was located in London main Later Shakespeare built the Globe Theater in London and became part owner of it The Globe was moved to Southwerk across the river from London

The Globe's New Site

Writers Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, Ben Johnson, just to name a few The owners of the theaters, like Phillip Henslowe, would ask writers for good scripts to keep their theater above the competition Often the writers would write plays for specific actors that they knew would bring in a crowd They needed famous actors and their companies that would guarantee a large crowd One famous actor that Shakespeare often wrote plays for was Ned Alleyn

The Plays In Elizabethan England it was illegal for women to perform on stage Often the roles of women were played by young men whose voices had not changed Because of this there weren’t many good female parts, most were very manly characters like Lady Macbeth and Katherine from Taming of the Shrew Often not many kissing scenes because of the awkwardness

The Plays One thing that was very important was the costumes No scenery was used and settings had to be created with words, costumes, and the audience’s imagination Often the costumes were very flashy and donated by wealthy patrons because they were the only people who could afford the different colors In those times the color of your clothes showed your economic status The common people wore browns and neutral colors while purple was reserved for royalty

Queen Elizabeth Very fond of theater She is credited with saving theater because when the city fathers wanted to get rid of the theaters she wouldn’t allow them to If it wasn’t for her there might not be any theaters today