Lesson 1: Background to Shakespeare
There are many sites devoted to William Shakespeare’s Life and Times. Research online to find the following information.
1. Where and when was Shakespeare born?
2. What is the name of the time period or age in which he lived?
3. Name two monarchs that ruled during his lifetime.
4. How much formal education did he have?
5. Whom did he marry? What were the names of his children?
6. When did he leave for London?
7. For what two types of writing he Shakespeare most well known?
8. What were the effects of the plague on the theatres In London?
9. How did Shakespeare make his fortune?
10. What 3 differences between Elizabethan theatre performances and modern theatre performances?
11. What was the name of Shakespeare’s theatre?
12. What was the name of one of the two acting companies to which Shakespeare belonged?
1. Where and when was Shakespeare born?
2. What is the name of the time period or age in which he lived?
3. Name two monarchs that ruled during his lifetime.
4. How much formal education did he have?
5. Whom did he marry? What were the names of his children?
6. When did he leave for London?
7. For what two types of writing he Shakespeare most well known?
8. What were the effects of the plague on the theatres In London?
9. How did Shakespeare make his fortune?
10. What 3 differences between Elizabethan theatre performances and modern theatre performances?
11. What was the name of Shakespeare’s theatre?
12. What was the name of one of the two acting companies to which Shakespeare belonged?
Assignment 18F: (email to your teacher when finished)
Find the answers to these questions and send to your teacher.