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In English, we learned about Shakespeare, Elizabethan England and Elizabethan theatre and where they were born and raised.

Facts on Shakespeare

1.     Where was Shakespeare born?

       stratford, united kingdom

2.     What date did he die?

23 April 1616

3.     What was the name for the primary school in Shakespeare’s time?

     Petty school

4.     How many brothers and sisters did Shakespeare have?

7

5.     What were the names of his two of his sisters?

Joan and ann

6.     How old was he when he died?

52

7.     What was the name of the house he retired to in Stratford upon Avon?

New place

8.     What were the names of his 3 children?

Susanna Judith Hamnet

9.     Name 3 subjects he studied at school.

Latin, English and Virgil

    10.   What was his mother’s maiden name?

        Nee Arden

facts on Elizabethan England

1.     What was the population of Stratford –Upon-Avon in Shakespeare’s time?

2500

2.     Name 3 types of shops or stalls you would have found in an Elizabethan Town?

Bar, Pepper & Grocers and  Drapers

3.     What is Rother the old English word for?

Castle

4.     What were buildings made out of in towns in Elizabethan England?

timber

5.     Where did Elizabethan people throw away their toilet waste?

They threw it in muck heaps

6.     Which offences in Elizabethan England were dealt with by the Church Courts?

Failing to attend church

7.     What are Cheat and Manchet?

White bread

Wheat bread

8.     What is a sack?

Dry Spanish wine

9.     Describe Sack Posset.

Cream dessert with Madeira wine

10.   Apart from bread, what could you have for breakfast in Elizabethan England?

Wheat porridge

Boiled oatmeal

facts on Elizabethan Theatre

1.     What were the cruel animal sports that the Elizabethans like to watch called?

Bear Baiting

2.     What were the other kinds of street theatre could you see in Elizabethan times?

Acrobats, jugglers and musicians

3.     How many people could the Globe Theatre hold?

2500  

4.     What was Shakespeare’s theatre company originally called?

The chamberlain’s men  

5.     When King James I was on the throne, what was Shakespeare’s theatre company called?

The king's men

6.     What did Elizabethans actors use to recreate the effect of someone being stabbed?

They used bladder filled with pig blood

7.     What did audiences do if they did not like a play?

They would throw rotten fruits

8.     What were the people called who stood in the area at the front of the stage?

Groundlings

9.     How much did a ticket cost for a grounding?

1 penny

10.   How was the sound of thunder recreated?

The sound of thunder was created by rolling a cannonball across the floor at the back of the stage or above the stage.

Shakespeare's work

1.     How many plays did Shakespeare write? 37

2.     What is his longest play? The Riverside Shakespeare

3.     What types of poems did Shakespeare write?

4.   What play is the famous Seven Ages of Man speech from? Schoolboy

5.   What is his shortest play? The comedy of errors

6. How many sonnets did he write? 154

7. Into how many languages has his plays been translated into? 37 or 80

8. What are the 3 categories for Shakespeare’s play? the comedies, the histories, and the tragedies

9. According to the famous speech on the last slide, many many stages do we have as a human?7

10. According to the famous speech on the last slide, how does mankind leave this world?