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1.    Where about in London were the Theatres located ? Why ?

Next to the river, because if it burn they can stop the fire with the water.

2.    Name the most important theatres during Elizabethan times.

   The Globe The Theatre The Curtain Newington Butts The Rose The Swan The Inn Yards Blackfriars Theatre The Royal Palaces

3.    Which was the first playhouse in London ? Who built it ?

The first theatre was The theatre, and it was built in 1576 by the English actor and entrepreneur James Burbage

4.    When was it built ? When was it closed ?

It was built in 1576

5.    Describe the particular shape of the theatres . Where did they take this shape from ?

The theatres were circular, open-air buildings, surrounded an open yard with the stage at one end, jutting out into the audience to about half the depth of the theatre; Round three sides of the yard were three tiers of galleries.

6.    Who controlled the performances on behalf of the government?

The master of revels. In the 1590s this was a man called Edmund Tilney.

7.    Why could the theatres be closed down ?

Plauhouse were closed for a lot of reasons, like sedition and immorality, which would certainly have included women appearing on stage.

8.    Who played the parts of women on stage ? Why ?

Young men , as it was thought immoral for women to act in plays , even to attend the playhouses. 

9.    Did women attend the theatre?

Yes, women did attend the theatre although this was not formally approved of.

 10.   How much did it cost to stand in the yard ? And to sit in a gallery ? And to have a cushion ?And to sit in the lords’ room?

To stand in the yard - One penny

To sit in the gallery - Two pennies

To have a cushion - Three pennies

To sit in the Lords' room - Sixpence

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1. Surname of William Shakespeare's wife

2. The most cruel and bloody of Will's tragedies

3. Queen of England during most of Will's life

4. Tragedy set in the Roman Empire

5. Name of the book which collected Will's plays

6. Will's only son

7. Will's mother

8. Will's hometown

9. Name of Will's rival poet.

10.Founder of the Theatre

11.One of Will's most famous tragedies, in which a king has three daughters.

12.A famous theatre close to the Globe

13.Will's first daughter

14.Hamlet's unfortunate girlfriend

15.Will's theatre

16.One of Will's famous tragedy . " Out damn spot. Out, I say !"

17.Tragedy and name of the king who said " A horse. My kingdom for a horse !".

18.Tragedy and name of a man who killed his wife Desdemona for jealousy.

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0. When was William Shakespeare born ?Where ?

- In 26 of April 1564. In Stratford-upon-Avon

1. Write the names of William Shakespeare’s parents . Who were they ?

- John Shakespeare a successful glober and alderman originally from Snitterfield and Mary Arden the daughter of an affluent landowning farmer.

2. Write the name of his wife. When did they get married?

- Anne Hathaway. In  28 of November 1582.

3. Write the names of his three children. What happened to them?

- Susanna, Hamnet and Judith. Hamnet die with eleven years.

4. What was the name of his hometown?

- His hometown is called Stratford.

5. Write the names of the buildings in his hometown related to him.

- A theatre, in concrete the Globe Theatre.

6. Where did he study?

- He studied at Grammar School.

7. Did he go to university?

- Yes he did.

8. Why did he leave his family and hometown to go to London?

- Because he wanted be an actor.

9. How many plays had he written when he arrived in London?

- I think he had written 14 plays.

10. When can we find the first reference to Shakespeare in the literary world of London ?

-  In the literature books and films or  plays.

11. When he was in London , he was an actor and playwritght who belonged to the company called Lord Chamberlein, which had been founded by The King's Magesty's Servants and whose theatre was called Globe. They had the best actor Shakespeare and the best dramatist Robert Grenne.

12. When and where did he die ?

- In 3 of may 1616, I think in London.

13. When and where did his wife die ?

- In 6 of August 1623, in the same place that Shakespeare.

14. Where is he buried ?

- I think he is buried in London.

15. What did his will state ?

-  To his daughters and Richard Burbage, John Hemingues, Henry Condell.

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