William Shakespeare

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William Shakespeare
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Early Modern England

• Shakespeares Time Late 16th and early 17th
  century England (1564-1616)
• Columbus discovered America in 1495.
• Queen Elizabeth I was ruler of England
  (1533-1603) and then James I (1603-1625)
• Protestant Reformation Beginning with Martin
  Luther in 1517, Henry VIII cut off ties with Rome
  by 1536 and made himself head of the church of
  England
• England primarily Anglican. Religious conflict
  continues.

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How Did People in Early Modern England Think and
Live?

• Women many could not read, did not attend
  school, once married were under the legal control
  of a husband (Queen Elizabeth as an exception)
• Plague, disease, and violence was common
• Life expectancy was shorter
• London has a growing population (Urban)
• People believed in witches!

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Bio

• Born Probably April 23,1564 (baptized April 26)
• Parents John Shakespeare and Mary Arden
• Stratford- upon- Avon
• Attended Stratford Grammar School
• No University education

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• Married Anne Hathaway in 1582
• Had three children Susanna, Hamnet and Judith
• May have spent some time teaching
• In London by 1580s

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• 1592 Theatres close due to plague
• Reopens in 1594
• Theatre company Lord Chamberlains Men
  (Shakespeare wrote the plays!)
• Built Globe Theatre on the Thames south bank.

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• 1603 Given the title the Kings Men
• Retired in 1612
• Returned to Stratford (had a very successful
  career)
• Died 1616
• First Folio1623
• 37 plays!

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Robert Greene"Groats Worth of Witte" 1592

• "Yes trust them not for there is an upstart
  Crow, beautified with our feathers, that with his
  Tyger's hart wrapped in a Player's hyde, supposes
  he is as well able to bombast out a blanke verse
  as the best of you and beeing an absolute
  Iohannes fac totum Jack-of-all-trades, Master of
  none, is in his owne conceit the onely
  Shake-scene in a countrey. O that I might
  entreate your rare wits to be employed in more
  profitable courses let these Apes imitate your
  past excellence, and never more acquaint them
  with your admired inventions."

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• Good friend for Jesus sake forbeareTo digg
  the dust encloased heareBlessed by y man y
  spares hes stonesAnd curst be he y moves my
  bones
• -written on Shakespeares tomb stone
• I gyve unto my wief my second best bed with
  the furniture
• -in Shakeapeares Last Will and Testament

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Globe Theatre
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Shakespeares Theatre

• Anyone could watch theatre (min. price was a
  penny)
• Boys and Men as actors. No women.
• Very little set.
• Elaborate costumes.
• Actors had a repertoire of plays.
• Performances during the day.

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Macbeth ProductionNovember 29 -December 3,
2005Sir James Dunn Theatre
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Macbeth Character List Fill These in as we read
and write down what you think they are like, what
they may look like, your impressions of them etc.

• Duncan
• Malcolm
• Donaldbain
• Macbeth
• Lady Macbeth
• Gentlewoman
• Seyton
• Porter
• Captain
• Old Man
• Doctor
• First Murderer
• Second Murderer
• Third Murderer
• Banquo
• Fleance

• Macduff
• Lady Macduff
• Son of Macduff
• Ross
• Lennox
• Menteith
• Angus
• Caithness
• Weird Sisters
• Hecate
• Apparitions
• Three other witches
• Siward
• Young Siward
• English Doctors
• (and other Lords, soldiers, attendants,
  messengers etc.)

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Online Version of the Play

• http//www.shakespeare-online.com/plays/macbethsce
  nes.html
• http//www.enotes.com/macbeth-text/
• The first option has definitions of some terms
  and words
• The second option has a modern translation next
  to original text!