You Dont Know BILL

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You Dont Know BILL

• The Life and Times of
• William Shakespeare

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Question 1

• Where was William Shakespeare born?
• (Points will be given to the team with the most
  specific location)

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Answer 1 Stratford on Avon

• Small Country Town
• 100 miles NW of London
• Shakespeares birthplace home still on Henley
  Street

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Question 2

• When was William Shakespeare born?
• (Points will be given to the team with the
• most specific date)

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Answer 2 April 23, 1554

• Baptized in Stratford on April 26, 1554
• 3rd child of at least 8, eldest son
• Father, John Shakespeare, was a glove maker
• Mother, Mary Arden, from a prominent Catholic
  family
  

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Question 3

• Was Shakespeare Married?

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Answer 3 Yes, to Anne Hathaway

• 7 years Wills senior
• Daughter Susannah born 6 months after wedding
• Will left Anne in Stratford when he went to
  London to seek his fortune

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Shakespeares Will

• I gyve unto my wife
• My second best bed
• With the furniture
• (Only time she was mentioned in the will)

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Question 4

• From which two monarchs did Shakespeare receive
  patronage?
  

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Answer 4 Elizabeth I and James

• Queen Elizabeth I 1558-1603
• King James I 1603-1625
• Prosperous times for England

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Question 5

• How Many Plays did Shakespeare write?
• (Points will be given to the team closest to the
  actual number)

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Answer 5 37 Plays

• 37 plays, 154 sonnets, and other poetry
• Collected in folios
• Comedies, Tragedies, and Histories

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Question 6

• Where were Shakespeares plays performed?
• (2 Points will be given to the team with a name
  of a specific theatre, 1 point for outside or
  inside)

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Answer 6 The Globe

• Outside theatre in the round
• Roof only covered the outside galleries
• Groundlings stood in front of the stage to watch

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Question 7

• Was the audience well behaved for Shakespearean
  performances?
  
• (Yes or No. Two points for an example of their
  behavior)

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Answer 7 No! A Rowdy Bunch

• Ate and talked during the performance
• Yelled out anything that took their fancy
• Threw rotten fruit if the play did not please
• All of London society attended

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Question 8

• When was Othello written?
• (Points will be given to the team closest to the
  date)

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Answer 8 1604

• Performed by The Kings Men
• First published in 1622

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Question 9

• Did Shakespeare invent the story of Othello?

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Answer 9 No, An Italian Tale

• Most of Shakespeares storylines are borrowed
• Othello based on Italian story, Hecatommithi
• Enhances stories with use of poetry and
  psychological awareness

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Question 10 Ridiculously Hard

• How many words made up Shakespeares working
  vocabulary?
  
• (How many different words are in his plays?)
• (Points to the team with the closest number)

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Answer 10 29,000 Words

• Average Elizabethan vocabulary 3,000 words
• Dang!

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