1. William Shakespeare

2. William Shakespeare was the best and most famous playwright of all time.

4. William Shakespeare was born on 23rd April 1564 in the small town of Stratford. Little is known about his childhood, but there is some evidence to show that he got married when he was 18 and that he had three children. Unfortunately, this is all that history knows about his private life.

6. Around 1592, Shakespeare moved to London where he started writing
Around 1592, Shakespeare moved to London where he started writing. During these early years in London he wrote, among others, such plays as “ A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, one of the funniest comedies he ever wrote, and “Romeo and Juliet” – a love story set in the beautiful Italian town of Verona. One thing is sure, with these and other plays, Shakespeare became England’s leading playwright.

8. Shakespeare was a very prolific playwright and was full of ideas
Shakespeare was a very prolific playwright and was full of ideas. Between he wrote the tragedies “Macbeth”, “King Lear”, “Othello”, which today are considered to be classics.

10. After writing “The Tempest“ Shakespeare came back to Stratford where he died on 23rd April 1616, at the age of 52. Although he died so long ago, his works are still read all over the world and are an endless source of inspiration for many contemporary film directors and writers.

12. DID YOU KNOW THAT?
W. Shakespeare left the Grammar school where he had studied when he was 13 and never went to school again.
John Shakespeare, the great playwright’s father, couldn’t write.

13. DID YOU KNOW THAT?
Shakespeare wrote at least 37 plays, but only 18 of them were published in his lifetime and the first 8 didn’t even carry his name.
Many people have denied that Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare. Candidates for the real author have ranged from Francis Bacon to Queen Elizabeth 1.

14. DID YOU KNOW THAT?
Shakespeare usually wrote for specific group of actors, and as they grew older he wrote plays with older characters to suit them.

16. How Well Do You Know Shakespeare?

17. In what year was Shakespeare born?
1564
1616
1558
1592

18. Shakespeare was born in what town or city?
London
Stratford-upon-Avon
Snitterfield
Oxford

19. The names of Shakespeare’s mother and father were:
Abraham and Sara
William and Anne
John and Mary

20. Shakespeare attended the Stratford Grammar School, also known as the King’s New School:
From 1569 to 1579
He did not attend the school
There are no records of his school attendance, but it is highly likely he attended that school

21. Who did Shakespeare marry?
Judith Sadler
Susanna Hall
Anne Hathaway
Mary Queen of Scots

22. Shakespeare was the father of how many children?3 2 10 1

23. The London theaters were closed on account of a virulent outbreak of the plague in 1593 and part of Specifically, what disease was this?
Tuberculosis
The Plague of Frogs
Bubonic Plague
The pox

24. Translate several of Shakespeare's plays: Two Gentlemen of Verona The Comedy of Errors As You Like It A Midsummer Night’s Dream The Merchant of Venice The Taming of The Shrew Much Ado About Nothing Twelfth Night King Lear

25. The Most Famous Shakespeare’s Sayings
To be or not to be: that is the question?
All world’s a stage, and all the men & women merely players.
Every inch a king.
Get thee to a nunnery.
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.

26. All Is Well That Ends Well.
The beginning of the end.
Much ado about nothing.
To win golden opinions.

27. In 1594 Shakespeare became one of the founding members of what acting company?
The Lord Chamberlain’s Men
The King’s Men
The Royal Shakespeare Company

28. In what year was the Globe Theater built?
1594
1599
1608
1613

29. Some time after Shakespeare turned from writing predominantly romantic comedies and history plays to tragedies. Which five plays are known as his “great tragedies”?
Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, King Lear, Antony and Cleopatra.
The Merchant of Venice, Henry IV Part 1, Henry IV Part 2, Henry V, Twelfth Night.
King John, Henry IV Part 1, Richard II, Richard III, Henry VIII.
Measure for Measure, Troilus and Cressida, Coriolanus, Timon of Athens, Cymbeline.

30. In 1603 Shakespeare’s acting company , The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, became the King’s. Which king was their patron?
A. George lll
B. James l
C. Edward lll
D. Henry Vlll

31. In what year was the first collected edition of Shakespeare’s plays, called the First Folio, published?
A. 1599
B. 1616
C. 1623
D. 1685

32. In what year did Shakespeare die?
B.1616
C.1623
D.1642

33. What do these figures mean ?
1564, 23, 18,9,3, 37,154,2,1587,1592,1613,1616

34. Keys 1 – 1564 2 – Stratford-upon-Avon 3 – John and Mary
4 – There are no records of his school attendance, but it is highly likely he attended that school
5 – Anne Hathaway

35. 6 – Bubonic Plague
7 –
8 –
9 – The Lord Chamberlain’s Men
10 – 1599
11 – Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, King Lear, Antony and Cleopatra
12 – James I
13 – 1623
14 – 1616