1. You will have a quiz tomorrow.

2.  born on April 23, 1564 in Stratford-on- Avon.  Father was John Shakespeare, a wool and leather merchant  William Shakespeare did not attend a university  Married Ann Hathaway at the age of 18 (She was 26 and pregnant.)  William and Anne had _____ children- _________, Hamnet, and Judith

3.  ___________ died as a child  Shakespeare moved to __________ to pursue a career as an actor and _______________.  Probably had a _____________, to whom he wrote _____________.  Wrote 37 plays and 154 sonnets  1613- Retired to ____________; in _____, he died

4.  Influenced John _______  George Bernard _____ (guilty of “bardolatry” himself!)  Authors who used phrases from the bard:  _________by Aldous Huxley (The Tempest, 5.1) The Dogs of War by Robert Stone (Julius Caesar 3.1) The Winter of our Discontent by John Steinbeck (Richard III, 1.1) The Undiscovered Country by Auther Schnitzer (Hamlet, 3.1)  ________________by Ray Bradbury (Macbeth, 4.1) Bell, Book, and Candle by John van Druten (King John, 3.3) _________________ by William Faulkner _________________ by Robert Frost Mumford & Sons debut album “Sigh No More” from Much Ado about Nothing

5.  Illuminated _____ experience  Told awesome __________!  Created compelling _________, like Hamlet!  Had an unsurpassed command of the English language. Famous phrases he coined include:  “it’s Greek to me”, “vanished into thin air”, “green-eyed monster”, “laughed yourself into stitches”, “tongue-tied”, “one fell swoop”, “fool’s paradise”, “it’s high time”, “crack of doom”, “suspect foul play”, “flesh and blood”, “rhyme or reason”, “the devil his due”, “dead as a doornail”, “laughing stock”, “devil incarnate”, “for goodness’ sake”, etc. etc. etc.

6.  Began in _______ in 14 th century;1485 in England  Means “______________”  Period of intellectual and artistic _________; renewed interest in ancient _______ literature, art, and philosophy  ___________: philosophy concerned with human studies and concerns

7. 1. Hamlet 2. Romeo and Juliet 3. Henry V 4. A Midsummer Night’s Dream 5. Macbeth 6. Richard III 7. Julius Caesar 8. ____________ or What You Will 9. The Taming of the _____ 10. Othello

8.  _______________ Reformation  Invention of the _______________ press  More __________ among people  Henry _____ reigns (had 6 wives)  Edward (Henry’s son) reigns; dies  Mary (Henry’s daughter) reigns ; called “_____________” Mary

9.  Mary dies; Elizabeth (Henry and Anne Boleyn’s daughter) takes throne in 1558 until her death in 1603; “_______ queen”  Elizabeth has her cousin, Mary Queen of _________, executed for conspiracy  James (Mary’s _____; from Scotland) takes throne in 1603  ____________ Plot of 1605- Guy Fawkes

10.  First playhouse built was called ___________, and was built by _________ Burbage.  Shakespeare’s playhouse was called the ______; built in 1599.  Plays performed only during the ______  ___- shaped; called the “__________ O”  Held up to 3,000 people  ___ stories  Housed aristocrats (upper level) and lower class (“groundlings” or ___________)  ____________ House: where actors assembled in the back of the stage  No front ________________

11.  Actors were called ___________  No ____________ actors  Theatres were closed down either because of ______ outbreaks or ___________ disapproval  Burned down in 1613; ____________ mishap  Rebuilt but then torn down in 1644  Replica built in ______

12.  Tragedy: a play that traces the ____________ of a tragic hero; ends unhappily for the ____  Tragic hero has a _______ flaw to his character  Tragedies have scenes of ________ relief  All Shakespearean plays have _____ acts: two main types include tragedies and __________

13.  Although literacy rates rose, most people were ignorant, esp. concerning public affairs- superstitious and _____________. Belief in witches, ____________, & magic.  Rapid social change- _______ class became more empowered.  People had _____ manners, even _______.  Loved gossip, false _____, cussing, flashy _______, but lack of _________ (gross!)

14.  Loved games like _____, hunting, tennis.  Bear- _____________  Fencing Tourneys  Dancing  Public _____

15.  Story was well-known before Shakespeare wrote it.  Written by Shakespeare in 1595  Performed in _______________ playhouse  Based on Arthur Brooke’s 3,000-line _______, The Tragical ____________ of Romeo and Juliet  Two feuding families: ____________ and Capulets

16.  The Plague  _______________  Syphilis (sometimes called the “pox”)  Typhus (killed ___________?)  Malaria