Shakespeare What? Why?

Warm up! Write down 3 facts you know about Shakespeare on a separate sheet of paper.

swagger. 1590, first recorded in Shakespeare ("Midsummer Night's Dream"), probably a frequentative form of swag (v.). Related: Swaggered; swaggering.

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Shakespeare: His Life and Times

Early Life Born April 23, 1564—died 1616 –In Stratford-upon-Avon Parents: John and Mary Arden Shakespeare –Mary—daughter of wealthy landowner –John—glovemaker, local politician

From: Shakespeare’s Birthplace

Married in 1582 to Anne Hathaway (26), who was pregnant at the time with their first daughter (Susanna) He was 18! Had twins in 1585 (Hamnet & Judith) Sometime between , he moved to London and began working in theatre. Married Life

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From: Anne Hathaway’s Cottage

Theater Career Performed in courtyards of inns The Theater (first public theater) 1576 Daytime/open-air Limited set design Relied on music, sound, costumes, props and great description

Member and later part-owner of the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, later called the King’s Men Globe Theater built in 1599 by L.C.M. with Shakespeare as primary investor three stories high, no roof. could hold more than 1,500 people. In 1613, during a performance of Henry VIII, a canon ball set the Globe's thatched roof on fire. The whole theatre burned down. Theatre

The Globe Theater

The Rebuilt Globe Theater, London

Actors All men Female parts played by young boys No actual kissing or hugging on stage

Groundlings Poor audience member Stood around stage in “the pit” Threw rotten vegetables at bad performances

The cost of attending a show 1 shilling to stand 2 shillings to sit in the balcony

The Plays 37 plays firmly attributed to Shakespeare comedies histories Tragedies Collaborated on several others

154 Sonnets 2 long, narrative poems The Poetry

Shakespeare’s death The cause of Shakespeare's death is a mystery, but an entry in the diary of John Ward, the vicar of Holy Trinity Church in Stratford (where Shakespeare is buried), tells us that "Shakespeare, Drayton, and Ben Jonson had a merry meeting and it seems drank too hard, for Shakespeare died of a fever there contracted." He was 52. He is buried at Holy Trinity Church in his birthplace of Stratford.

Shakespeare’s epitaph An epitaph is an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there. Shakespeare wrote his own epitaph, which reads as follows: Good Friends, for Jesus' sake forbear, To dig the bones enclosed here! Blest be the man that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones."

Shakespeare’s epitaph X-ray scans of the grave in 2016 showed that his skull is missing. No one knows what happened to it.

Language creator Shakespeare is credited with creating around 1700 new words and phrases we still use today.

Use 5 of the following phrases invented by Shakespeare to create a story. - one fell swoop – flesh and blood – vanish into thin air – pomp and circumstance – seen better days – a sorry sight – neither rhyme nor reason – full circle Not a mouse was stirring In a pickle Not slept one wink Too much of a good thing Foul play for goodness sake green-eyed monster