William Shakespeare

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

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• 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.

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• 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 Nights 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 Englands leading
  playwright.

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• Shakespeare was a very prolific playwright and
  was full of ideas. Between 1604-1605 he wrote the
  tragedies Macbeth, King Lear, Othello,
  which today are considered to be classics.

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• 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.

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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 playwrights father,
  couldnt write.

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DID YOU KNOW THAT?

• Shakespeare wrote at least 37 plays, but only 18
  of them were published in his lifetime and the
  first 8 didnt 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.

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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.

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How Well Do You Know Shakespeare?
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In what year was Shakespeare born?

• 1564
• 1616
• 1558
• 1592

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Shakespeare was born in what town or city?

• London
• Stratford-upon-Avon
• Snitterfield
• Oxford

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The names of Shakespeares mother and father were

• Abraham and Sara
• William and Anne
• John and Mary

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Shakespeare attended the Stratford Grammar
School, also known as the Kings 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

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Who did Shakespeare marry?

• Judith Sadler
• Susanna Hall
• Anne Hathaway
• Mary Queen of Scots

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Shakespeare was the father of how many children?

• 3
• 2
• 10
• 1

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The London theaters were closed on account of a
virulent outbreak of the plague in 1593 and part
of 1594. Specifically, what disease was this?

• Tuberculosis
• The Plague of Frogs
• Bubonic Plague
• The pox

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Translate several of Shakespeare's playsTwo
Gentlemen of VeronaThe Comedy of ErrorsAs You
Like ItA Midsummer Nights DreamThe Merchant of
VeniceThe Taming of The ShrewMuch Ado About
NothingTwelfth NightKing Lear
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The Most Famous Shakespeares Sayings

• To be or not to be that is the question?
• All worlds 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.

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All Is Well That Ends Well.

• The beginning of the end.
• Much ado about nothing.
• To win golden opinions.

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In 1594 Shakespeare became one of the founding
members of what acting company?

• The Lord Chamberlains Men
• The Kings Men
• The Royal Shakespeare Company

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In what year was the Globe Theater built?

• 1594
• 1599
• 1608
• 1613

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Some time after 1599-1600 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.

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In 1603 Shakespeares acting company , The Lord
Chamberlains Men, became the Kings. Which king
was their patron?

• A. George lll
• B. James l
• C. Edward lll
• D. Henry Vlll

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In what year was the first collected edition of
Shakespeares plays, called the First Folio,
published?

• A. 1599
• B. 1616
• C. 1623
• D. 1685

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In what year did Shakespeare die?

• A.1599
• B.1616
• C.1623
• D.1642

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What do these figures mean ?

• 1564, 23, 18,9,3, 37,154,2,1587,1592,1613,1616

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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

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• 6 Bubonic Plague
• 7
• 8
• 9 The Lord Chamberlains Men
• 10 1599
• 11 Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, King Lear, Antony
  and Cleopatra
• 12 James I
• 13 1623
• 14 1616