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Romeo & Juliet

Shakespeare Biography Born 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon Died April 23, 1616 Married Anne Hathaway at the age of 18; she was 26. 1st daughter born 6 months later Twins born 2 years later Buried in the Church of the Holy Trinity Died after an evening of drinking Gravestone reads: Good frend for Jesus sake forebeare, To dig the dust enclosed heare, Bleste be ye man yt spares these stones, And curst be he yt moves my bones.

Career Began at the Globe Theatre 1st appeared as a poet in 1593 with “Venus” and “Adonis” Retired in 1611 and moved back to Stratford 36 of Shakespeare’s 38 plays were published in the 1st Folio of 1623

The World of Shakespeare Elizabethan Age Age of Discovery Queen Elizabeth I Ruled 1558-1603 Great Virgin Queen Pursuit of scientific knowledge and the exploration of human nature Feudalism openly challenged

Shakespeare’s works deal with civil harmony, either restoring or maintaining it War of the Roses (Lancaster v. York)

The Reformation England is a Protestant/Anglican country Continuous religious strife King Henry VIII, Elizabeth’s father Made England Protestant so he could divorce his wife King Edward VI, son of Henry and Jane Seymour Elizabeth’s younger ½ brother Protestant Queen “Bloody” Mary Elizabeth’s older ½ sister Catholic

The Renaissance Cultural rebirth of Europe (14th- 17th Centuries) Based on the rediscovery of the literature of Greece and Rome Music of Shakespeare = Baroque Strings, woodwinds, and brass Vivaldi, Bach, Handel, Corelli

The Globe Theatre

The Globe Built in 1598 in the Bankside district of London Open air octagonal amphitheater that could seat 3,000 All shows occurred during the day (no lighting) No scene changes, just props and costumes The “pit” is the floor surrounding the stage where groundlings stood Brought together social elite and commoners

The Globe cont. 1613: burned down Thought to be caused by a canon in a performance of Henry VII New Globe built and operated until 1642 Puritans closed it down 1644: torn down by Cromwell’s orders; replaced with tenements 1997: Queen Elizabeth II opened the new Globe Theatre

Principal Actors Richard Burbage Will Kemp Shakespeare as an actor most significant tragedian of Elizabethan stage Initiated performances of “Hamlet, Lear, and Othello Shakespeare wrote many tragic hero roles with Burbage in mind Will Kemp leading comic actor Shakespeare as an actor do not over-estimate, playwright and producer take precedence

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