William Shakespeare, Renaissance, and England

Shakespeare was A great British playwright and poet Shakespeare's birthday April 23 Shakespeare was christened in Stratford-Upon-Avon, England Shakespeare's wife Anne Hathaway Shakespeare married when he was how old 18 Shakespeare has how many kids 3 Name of Shakespeare's kids Susanna, Hamlet,Judith Which of Shakespeare's kids were twins Hamlet and Judith Shakespeare's name first appeared in print in the year 1592 Shakespeare's died on April 23 As well as a writer Shakespeare was also an actor Shakespeare was part of an acting troupe called Lord Chamberlain's Men Shakespeare is the part time owner of the Globe Theater What types of...

What were the five authors we learned about? Edmund Spenser Philip Sidney Sir Walter Raleigh Shakespeare Christopher Marlowe What did Edmund Spenser depend on for his salary? His poetry. He was unlike other poets. He got paid for his poetry and that alone. How many lines are in a sonnet? What is iambic pentameter? 14 lines Five groups of two syllables, each with the accent on the second syllable What is the spenserian sonnet form? abab bcbc cdcd ee Where did Edmund Spenser attend? and what college did he go to? Merchant Taylor's School Cambridge University Where did Philip Sidney...

plays even before the Renaissance, the English had been writing and performing ____ for several centuries its creation by God, its fall through the wiles of Satan, its life in Old Testament times, its redemption by Christ, and its final judgement at the end of the world In the marketplaces of towns in the 1300s and 1400s, various workers' guilds cooperated in staging cycles of plays that dramatized the whole history of the human race as then understood: York, Chester, Coventry, and Wakefield Parts of four cycles of these plays have been preserved and they are named after the towns...

Born on April 23, 1564 in Stratford-Upon-Avon, England.  His father John Shakespeare and his mother Mary Arden.  W.S. was able to attend grammer school and learned Greek and Latin classics (this is comparable to college education today).  At age 14 his father lost the family fortune and remained poor until his death At 18 he married Anne Hathaway in 1582.  She was 26 years old.  They had three children Suzanne(1583) and the twins Hamnet and Judith(1585). In his mid-twenties he left Stratford(supposedly because of poaching on the Queen's land) for London.  His first job with Richard Burbage's men was as...

When was Shakespeare born? April 23, 1567 Where was Shakespeare born? Stratford-Upon-Avon Whom did he marry? How old was he? How old was she? Married Anne Hathaway; he was 18; she was 26 How many plays did he write? 37 plays How many sonnets did he write? 154 sonnets How many words is he credited for creating? over 1500 What does Shakespeare's epitaph read? "Good friend for Jesus' sake forbear/ To dig the dust enclosed here!/ Blest be the man that spares these stones/ And curst be he that moves my bones!" When did Shakespeare die? April 23, 1616 What...

William the Conqueror (term) Also known as William I or William the Bastard. Duke of Normandy who laid claim to the throne of England in 1066, defeating the Anglo-Saxon King Harold at the Battle of Hastings. He and his Norman followers imposed imperial rule in England through a brutal campaign of military conquest, surveillance, and the suppression of the indigenous Anglo-Saxon language Henry II (term) the spouse of Eleanor of Aquitaine. Ruled as King of England 1154-1189. Arguably the most important king England ever had. Instituted the Grand Jury, also got rid of trial by combat or ordeal. Eleanor of...

On Thursday 22nd May, I saw a performance of William Shakespeare's 'Taming of the shrew. ' It was a matinee performance and took place in the Royal Shakespeare theatre, in Stratford upon Avon. The play is about a father (Baptista) with two daughters, Katherine and Bianca. Bianca is sweet and well behaved, and there are lots of men that want to marry her, but her father won't let her get married until he can find a husband for Katherine, who is loud, rude and bad tempered. A man called Petruchio is persuaded to marry Kate because of her money, and...

How old was the art of drama by the time Shakespeare was born? 3 centuries Why was building a permanent theater such a radical idea? Because plays were normally at improvised spaces Who built the first public theater? When? What was it called? James and Richard Burbage built the The Theater in 1576 Name some of the other permanent theaters of Shakespeare's Day? The Curtain, The Rose, The Swan, The Fortune, The Red Bull, and the Hope Where were the first two permanent theaters located? They were located in northern suburbs to not attract too much attention Which of the...

William Shakespeare remains a mysterious figure regarding to his personal history. There are only two primary sources for information: his works, and various legal and church documents that have survived. William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, around April 23, 1564. Church records from Holy Trinity Church indicate that he was baptized there on April 26, 1564. William was born to John Shakespeare, a glover and leather merchant, and Mary Arden, a landed heiress. William was the third of eight children the Shakespeare family. Unfortunately, three of his siblings died in childhood. On November 28, 1582, at the age of 18,...

Shakespearean Hamlet as a Renaissance Man The Renaissance was a European intellectual and social movement beginning in the trading hub of Florence, Italy and gradually expanded to encompass the whole of Europe. People of the Renaissance age were interested in the Classical works of the ancient Greeks and Romans, they wanted to improve their lives with technology and better understand the natural world. The perfect Renaissance man was said to appreciate multiple fields of study, and examine the world with a technical and scientific mind. Leonardo (did seer Pier) dad Vinci is considered by many to have been he finest...