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Introduction to Shakespeare
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William Shakespeare Born 1564, died 1616 Wrote 37 plays
Wrote over 150 sonnets Actor, poet, playwright Known as The Bard Bard is essentially just another word for "poet" or "storyteller," usually from middle ages Europe.
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Types of Plays Shakespeare wrote:
Comedies - light and amusing, usually with a happy ending Tragedies –serious dramas with disastrous endings Histories – involve events or persons from history
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The Theatre The Globe Theatre: Open ceiling Three stories high
No artificial lighting Plays were shown during daylight hours only Held people tightly packed It was shaped like a 16 sided polygon
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Spectators Wealthy people got to sit on benches
The poor (called “groundlings”) had to stand and watch from the courtyard There was much more audience participation than today All but the wealthy were uneducated/illiterate
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Actors Only men and boys
Young boys whose voices had not changed played the women’s roles It would have been indecent for a woman to appear on stage
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Twelfth Night OR What You Will
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Twelfth Night of Christmas
The Twelfth Night of Christmas is January 6, the Feast of Epiphany (Christian Feast of the Magi). In Renaissance times, Twelfth Night was the last day of Christmas revels. The purpose of allowing social roles to be turned upside down was to "channel potentially destructive insubordination into playacting and thereby promote harmony" (Bevington 326).
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Twelfth Night or What you will
First Title The original title was “What you will” Second Title Twelfth Night after Christmas
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Setting to the Play Very romantic and exotic In a land called Illyria
Ancient region Found near Italy Today: Albania, Croatia, Montenegro, Regusa
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