1. Shakespeare

2. Why Teach Shakespeare? - The English Speaking world is saturated in Shakespeare - English movies and texts heavily draw upon Shakespeare

3. Contemporary Interpretations of Shakespeare from Hollywood

4. Baz Lurman’s Romeo And Juliet

5. Ten Things Hate About You Adaptation of Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew

6. “O” Adaptation of Shakespeare’s Othello

7. Brannaugh’s Play’s

8. Shakespeare In Comics!

10. Shakespeare's Contributions to English Shakespeare created many words and phrases which are still used today. What do you think the following phrases mean?

11. 1. A rose by any other name would smell as sweet 2. All that glitters is not gold 3. Eaten out of house and home 4. Wear your heart on your sleeve

12. 5. In a pickle 6. My mind's eye 7. Up in arms 8. Wild Goose Chase

13. Shakespeare's Bio. 1564-1616 (52 years) He married at the age of 17. (His wife Anne Hathaway was 26 and pregnant) He wrote 37 plays and 154 sonnets Part owner of The Globe Theatre in London He owned 12.5% of The Globe, which made him a rich man He was not thought of as a great artist

14. Shakespeare owned part of The Globe, so it was important for him to write as many plays as possible. More plays = more $$ He worked as an actor as well as a writer He must have been very busy, running a business, writing plays, writing sonnets, and having a full farm in the countryside The cause of his death is unknown, but he was ill with something His plays were not published until seven years after his death

15. Theatre at the time Women could not be actors Theatre was not thought of as “high art” There were no copyright laws so plays were copied, stolen and re-written all the time. Flags outside the theatre would indicate which type of play was being shown that day (black=tragedy, white=comedy, red=history Theatre was so popular that a law was created prohibiting performances on Thursdays so other entertainers could make money.