Shakespeare's Life
What was the celing over the stage at the Globe called?
Answer: heavens
What let the audience know what type play would be performed that day at The Globe?
Answer: flag
What were the dressing rooms called at The Globe?
Answer: tiring house
Where did the main action of the play takes place at The Globe?
Answer: main stage
What part of the stage was used for indoor scenes at The Globe?
Answer: inner stage
What was the covered seating at The Globe called?
Answer: galleries
Where did the groundlings stand during the Globe plays?
Answer: open yard
What part of The Globe was used for balcony scenes?
Answer: upper stage
In what year was Shakespeare born?
Answer: 1564
In what year did Shakespeare get married?
Answer: 1582
In what year did Shakespeare become an actor in London?
Answer: 1592
In what year did Shakespeare become an a member of Lord Chamberlain’s Men?
Answer: 1592
In what year did the Globe Theatre open?
Answer: 1594
In what year did Shakespeare retire?
Answer: 1599
1611:___________________
Answer: retired and returned to Stratford
In what year did Shakespeare die?
Answer: 1616
What were the “dark years”?
Answer: The “Dark Years” were a period of 7 years when we know nothing of Shakespeare’s whereabouts.
What two acting companies was Shakespeare a member of?
Answer: Shakespeare was a member of Lord Chamberlain’s Men and The Kings Men.
List Shakespeare’s four great tragedies.
Answer: Shakespeare’s 4 great tragedies are Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, and Othello.
What is “New Place”?
Answer: “New Place” is the name of Shakespeare’s home.
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